Under What Condition Would Directed Enzyme Evolution Be More Appropriate

question 40

Multiple Choice

Under what condition would directed enzyme evolution be more appropriate that site-directed mutagenesis?

• A)When attempting to produce an altered enzyme.
• B)When you want the enzyme to catalyze a different type of reaction.
• C)If very little is known about the enzyme structure.
• D)If you want to permanently disable the enzyme.
• E)If you want the enzyme expressed in a different organism.

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