ANCESTRAL PROTEINS

摘要

The invention provides a method for increasing the stability and/or activity of a polypeptide at low pH and/or elevated temperatures. The invention further provides a method for increasing the melting termperature of a polypeptide. Also provided are paleoenzymologically reconstructed thioredoxin polypeptides having activity at higher temperatures and/or lower pH than extant thioredoxin polypepetides, as well as paleoenzymologically reconstructed thioredoxin polypeptides having higher melting temperatures than extant thioredoxin polypepetides.