Towards Prebiotic Catalytic Amyloids Using High Throughput Screening.

Enzymes are capable of directing complex stereospecific transformations and of accelerating reaction rates many orders of magnitude. As even the simplest known enzymes comprise thousands of atoms, the question arises as to how such exquisite catalysts evolved. A logical predecessor would be shorter...

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Main Authors: Michael P Friedmann, Vladimir Torbeev, Viviane Zelenay, Alexander Sobol, Jason Greenwald, Roland Riek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4674085?pdf=render