Computer Model of Enzyme Protein (IMAGE)

University of Washington

Computer Model of Enzyme Protein

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A computer-generated model for the design of an enzyme that doesn't exist in nature. This protein design, called retro-adolase 22, was tested and was able to enchange the rate of a carbon bond breaking reaction 10,000 times over the rate of the uncatalyzed reaction.

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Lin Jiang and Eric Althoff, David Baker Lab, University of Washington and Howard Hughes Medical Institute

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