It will be possible to make cells that have improved ability by expressing small amount of high performance enzyme, which may have 10-100 fold activity than the original one, instead of a high expression of normal enzyme. It is also possible to improve reaction efficiency by changing substrate specificity and/or protein stability. For this purpose, we are developing basic techniques to improve protein function by analyzing atomic-resolution crystal structure of useful proteins.
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