Alignment of amino acid sequences of PhaZ1 and other PhaZs. PhaZ1, PhaZ1 from B. megaterium ATCC 11561; PhaZBm, the catalytic domain (amino acids 25 to 331) of the extracellular PHB depolymerase PhaZ from B. megaterium N-18-25-9; PhaZd1, PhaZd1 from R. eutropha H16. Identical residues are marked below with asterisks. The lipase box-like sequences are boxed and underlined. Residues of the proposed catalytic triad and oxyanion hole are boxed. Conserved cysteine residues are shown in white on black. GenBank accession numbers are as follows: PhaZ1, FJ175152; PhaZBm, BAF35850; and PhaZd1, BAE44206.