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11 years ago
I know that most have their optimum between 37 and 40 degrees Celsius but what is the highest temperature that any enzyme can withstand and which enzyme is it?
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11 years ago
Not sure but around 104 or 5 Fahrenheit, so that is about 40or 40.5555 Celcius Slight Smile
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11 years ago
Look up enzymes found in thermophiles.  There is some enzyme they use in PCR that comes from a bacteria that lives in mid ocean heat vents, but for the love of me I can't remember what it is called.
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11 years ago
mairdo: Taq polymerases are what those enzymes are called, and they can stand the 95C of a typical PCR reaction. But in my humble opinion, RNases are the most hardy enzymes around. Some of them can withstand *two* autoclavings (121C), as anyone who has ever worked with RNA will tell you.
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