X-ray crystallographic analysis of the 6-aminohexanoate cyclic dimer hydrolase catalytic mechanism and evolution of an enzyme responsible for nylon-6 byproduct …
Abstract We performed x-ray crystallographic analyses of the 6-aminohexanoate cyclic dimer (Acd) hydrolase (NylA) from Arthrobacter sp., an enzyme responsible for the degradation of the nylon-6 industry byproduct. The fold adopted by the 472-amino acid polypeptide generated a compact mixed α/β fold, typically found in the amidase signature superfamily; this fold was especially similar to the fold of glutamyl-tRNA Gln ...