Table 2.

Comparison of the Cα distances for the catalytic residues between the template structure 1HGL and the predicted structure of PhaC1_{P.sp USM 4–55}

Catalytic Residues	PhaC1 P.sp USM 4–55	1HLG
Nucleophile – Histidine	Cys296 – His479 = 7.95 Å	Ser153 – His353 = 7.41 Å
Histidine – Acid	His479 – Asp451 = 4.74 Å	His353 – Asp324 = 4.67 Å