Bacteria In Extremely Hostile Environments: New Protein Discovered That Repairs DNA Under Extreme Conditions
Date: 2.7.2008
Scientists at the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) in Braunschweig (Germany) have joined up with colleagues from Spain and Great Britain to identify an **enzyme** that requires acids and dissolved metals in order to function. The team describes its findings regarding the extreme **protein** of the **archaebacterium Ferroplasma acidiphilum** in the journal PNAS.
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