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November 28, 2011

NZ research team reconstructs ancient enzyme

A research team from New Zealand have reconstructed an ancient enzyme from a bacterium that lived almost a billion years ago which is seven times more active than its modern descendants. Associate Professor Vic Arcus from Waikato University Biological Sciences said "There has been a lot of speculation in the last 10 years about how enzymes might evolve over time," he says. "Did ancient organisms live in really hot environments, or did they live at ambient temperature, and what were their enzymes doing under those conditions?". Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little, The Global Miller, published and supported by the GFMT Magazine and the International Milling Directory from Perendale Publishers.
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