Correction to: Nature Communications https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32414-w, published online 11 August 2022

The original version of this Article contained an error in the first sentence of the “Results and Discussion” section, which incorrectly read ‘With a total of 19 wild-type NEPS sequences ranging from 64–96% sequence identity and two 3D NEPS structures to compare and contrast (Supplementary Figs. 1 and 2) we sought to understand the.’ The correct version adds ‘residues involved in the various catalytic activities observed.’ after ‘the’. This has been corrected in both the PDF and HTML versions of the Article.