Download Data

Export the live PlasticDB dataset for offline analysis. All endpoints below are generated on demand from the current database.

Custom filtered export

Export only the records you need — e.g. "PET degraders since 2020" — instead of the full dataset. Filters compose across all output formats.

Entity

Plastic

Year ≥

Substrate form

Evidence method The assay behind the evidence — not a quality ranking.

Include negative results

Min kcat (s⁻¹)

Max Km (mM)

Min kcat/Km (M⁻¹·s⁻¹)

CSV JSON FASTA

Per-entity exports

Microorganisms

CSV JSON

Proteins

Wild-type and engineered, tagged by a kind column. Add ?kind=wild_type for wild-type only.

CSV JSON FASTA

Plastics

CSV JSON

Papers

CSV JSON

Full dataset

Every entity and association in one bundle, engineered variants included.

dataset.zip dataset.json

Engineered variants

Engineered enzyme variants with mutations, kinetics, and stability data. Join to the protein exports and the FASTA on seq_id.

CSV JSON

Legacy static snapshots (PlasticDB v1 / pre-built)

degraders_list.tsv · PlasticDB.fasta · structures.tar.gz (predicted structures; the live database predicts with ESMFold)

Please Cite

If you use PlasticDB data in your research, please cite: Gambarini V, Pantos O, Kingsbury JM, Weaver L, Handley KM, Lear G (2022). "PlasticDB: a database of microorganisms and proteins linked to plastic biodegradation." Database, 2022:baac008. doi.org/10.1093/database/baac008