Ok.. so how do the enzymes of this bacteria compare with other microorganisms’ enzymes?? I know they are function at high temp and reproduce very fast! but what else?? How might they prove to be valuable in the future? Any help appreciated. I have been searching online forever.
As mentioned above, the dna polymerase of this org. is used in pcr. Hence, the Taq bead. Since they live in high temps the polymerase can handle the high denaturing temps of pcr. If you were using mesophilic proteins they would denature during each cycle. This would leave you a big gooey mess and no dna amplification. That is the current use. As for future uses I don’t know. Perhaps you can expand on future uses of pcr technology.
Karry Mullis is a surfer? wow….
I also wondering, what force that makes Taq polymerase can withstand high temperature? how can it’s 3D structure can does that….
http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=1TAQ
Here, download the structure and explore it. I do not have Chimera on this computer, but you should be able to deduce by analysing it with Chimera what are the main bonds.
AARRRGGGHHHH…..!!! NOOOO….!!!
I have just downloaded the Chimera program and started to run it. But I was confused that the preface of this program is a little bit kinda crash I think….
But when I read the system requirements, it states that, "even that your computer works well with Quake game, it doesn’t mean that it will work well also with this scientific program such as Chimera"
🙁 🙁 🙁
My laptop even can’t play Quake, then how can it run Chimera…. 🙁
