Abstract:Protein splicing is a post translational, self‐catalyzed reaction by which an intein removes itself from flanking polypeptides and ligates those polypeptides together. We are interested in the splicing and homing endonuclease activities of the intein that interrupt the DNA polymerase II in the extreme thermophiles Thermococcus barophilus and Thermococcus kodakarensis. Given that T. kodakarensis is a surface‐dwelling organism whereas the T. barophilus is a piezophile that lives in deep‐sea thermal vents, yet bo… Show more
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