Scientists from the Pacific Quantum Center of Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) report that the slipknot-structure AFV3-109 protein folds and unfolds depending on temperature. The protein is typical for the archaea, viruses of the oldest single-celled organisms that can survive in the extreme conditions of underwater volcanic sources. The research appears in PLOS ONE.
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