Enzyme evolution - Design by necessity

被引:16
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Petsko, GA [1 ]
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[1] Brandeis Univ, Rosenstiel Basic Med Sci Res Ctr, Waltham, MA 02454 USA
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10.1038/35001176
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Creating new enzymes by ‘rational design’ has proved to be extremely difficult. A new approach combines structural modification with natural selection — so-called ‘directed evolution’. With this technique, one enzyme in a biosynthetic pathway can be converted into another enzyme with a completely different function.
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