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Special enzymes, like "Easter Eggs" with wonderful functions for biotechnology

  • 1. Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e Biologia dei Sistemi

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We guess you know very well what an Easter Egg is in a video game: a special surprise that was hidden in a secret area or a bonus object.  
We discovered [Morra et al., 2016a, check Bibliography for info and link to this original scientific paper and to other papers cited] a similar “Easter Egg” in a protein that functions in a very useful bacterium, and this suggested us how proteins and enzymes can contribute to a bio-sustainable future. But first let us introduce you the scientific background and the context. 

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