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Biotechnology : Principles And Processes

Question
CBSEENBI12001883

Name the source organism that possesses Taq polymerase. What is so special about the function of this enzyme?

Solution

Taq polymerase is obtained from the bacterium Thermus aquaticus. It is a thermostable DNA polymerase enzyme and remains active even remain active during the high temperature induced denaturation of double stranded DNA in a PCR reaction.