古い タンパク質 に 対する 新しい トリック: 非 酵素 の タンパク質 の 単一 の 変異 は,様々な 酵素 の 活動 を 生み出す

Yurii S Moroz1, Tiffany T Dunston1, Olga V Makhlynets1

  • 1Department of Chemistry, Syracuse University , 111 College Place, Syracuse, New York 13244, United States.

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研究者は小さなタンパク質に 単一の変異を導入することで 高効率のエステラゼ酵素である AlleyCatE を生み出しました タンパク質の設計におけるこの突破は 微小な変化が 重要な触媒機能を解き放ち 将来の酵素進化の道を開くことを示しています

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