Lapkričio 14 dieną Lietuvos sveikatos mokslų universitete (LSMU) lankysis žymus Švedijos biochemikas, Švedijos karališkosios mokslų akademijos narys bei buvęs Nobelio premijos Chemijos komiteto narys Johan Åqvist. Jis Universiteto bendruomenei skaitys paskaitą „How Enzymes Adapt to the Cold“.
Paskaita vyks 11 val. Farmacijos fakulteto 202 auditorijoje. Kviečiame dalyvauti.
Trumpai apie paskaitą:
“Enzymes from ectothermic species adapted to cold environments are able to maintain surprisingly high catalytic rates at low temperatures, where normal enzymes have lost most of their activity. These cold-adapted enzymes have some characteristic and universal properties that reflect their evolutionary optimization and we will discuss the structural and energetic principles of cold-adaptation. In particular, we will show how the temperature dependence of enzyme reaction rates can be obtained from atomistic computer simulations and how such calculations can shed new light on enzyme evolution in differently adapted species”.