How low-temperature adapted enzymes evolved (IMAGE)

Waseda University

How low-temperature adapted enzymes evolved

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Enzymes evolved to efficiently operate in low-temperature environments via key substitutions of amino acids in their active site, which lowers the activation energy of catalytic reactions.

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Dr. Satoshi Akanuma, Waseda University

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