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Cures from the ends of the earth: Novel thermostable enzymes and the pharmaceutical industry

Author(s) -

J.A. Littlechild

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

the biochemist

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.126

H-Index - 7

eISSN - 1740-1194

pISSN - 0954-982X

DOI - 10.1042/bio02701027

Subject(s) - thermophile , biochemical engineering , pharmaceutical industry , enzyme , mechanism (biology) , chemistry , earth (classical element) , business , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , biochemistry , engineering , mathematics , physics , mathematical physics , quantum mechanics

Enzymes that are found naturally in thermophilic and hyperthermophilic organisms are being used as robust biocatalysts in the fine-chemical and pharmaceutical industries. Knowledge of their biochemical properties and three-dimeasional structures has proved invaluable in understanding their mechanism and in optimizing their commercial use.

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