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NEET · Botany · Biomolecules (B)
What is thermal stability in enzymes?
What is thermal stability in enzymes?
Options
- AAbility to retain catalytic power at high temperatures
- BAbility to work efficiently at high temperatures and high pressures
- CResistance to damage at high temperatures
- DNone of the above
Correct answer
A. Ability to retain catalytic power at high temperatures
Step-by-step solution
Enzymes isolated from organisms who normally live under extremely high temperatures (e.g., hot vents and sulphur springs), are stable and retain their catalytic power even at high temperatures (upto 80°-90°C). Thermal stability is thus an important quality of such enzymes isolated from thermophilic organisms.