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Multiple forms of microbial enzymes

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Multiple forms of one enzyme occur in a wide variety of microorganisms. Their synthesis is often dependent on culture characteristics such as medium composition, physico-chemical parameters, culture age and the presence of inducing or inhibiting agents. Multiform enzymes increase the capability of the producing organism to adapt to and cope with a wide variety of environmental changes, such that the physiological advantages outweigh the apparent wasteful hyperproduction of multiple forms of one enzyme.

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Naessens, M., Vandamme, E.J. Multiple forms of microbial enzymes. Biotechnology Letters 25, 1119–1124 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1024540902848

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