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9 September, 10:54

What characteristic of the polymerase isolated from thermus aquaticus makes it unique and highly useful for maintaining the enzyme efficiency during pcr?

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  1. 9 September, 11:17
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    Thermostability

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    Thermus aquaticus is a species of bacteria that can tolerate extremly high temperatures and it is the source of the heat-resistant enzyme Taq DNA polymerase used in PCR. The advantages of this enzyme are its thermostabilty (temperature optimum 80°C) so it doesn't have to be added after every cycle of thermal denaturation of the DNA and also that it can be isolated in a pure form.
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