How the Zergs were Made

Chapter 73 Enzymes

Now that the way has been indicated, all that remains is the process of walking the way.

Although the collectors knew nothing about enzymes, they could try it out, and tens of thousands of collectors participated in the experiment.

Their approach is just like how the gene chains in cells were integrated into chromosomes in the past, using a single cell as an experimental body, manipulating the expansion of gene chains in cells, and then introducing enzymes from the outside to infiltrate the cells, and then observing the reaction.

Time is like worthless running water, and it is fleeting. I don't know how many days and nights have passed, and they finally have some clues about enzyme research.

Through the function step by step, the research information of the enzyme is continuously summarized.

Divided into six categories, namely oxidoreductases, transferases, hydrolases, lyases, isomerases, and synthetases.

Oxidoreductases, to put it simply, are enzymes that promote the catalytic effect of redox reactions. If the enzymes are subdivided, they can be divided into two types: oxidases and reductases.

Transferases are enzymes that catalyze group exchange or transfer between compounds.

Hydrolytic enzymes catalyze hydrolysis reactions, and the formation of amino acids from protein water depends on these enzymes.

Lyases are enzymes that catalyze the reaction in which a compound removes a group and leaves a double bond in a non-hydrolyzed state, or its reverse reaction. This enzyme can dehydrate and condense amino acids to form proteins.

The above can only be regarded as the side dishes of the results of many enzyme experiments. What really excites Yongsan is the remaining two enzymes.

Isomerases, which catalyze compounds with the same chemical formula, the same chemical bonds but different atomic arrangements, and the enzymes that allow these compounds to transform each other. In this type of enzymes, there are individual enzymes that can break gene chain.

Synthetic enzymes, enzymes that catalyze the synthesis of two molecules into one, DNA ligases belong to this category.

The collectors are following the path Hogu once walked, experimenting step by step, understanding the functions of various enzymes, and using them.

The research is still going on, but it is not the research on enzymes, the research on enzymes is over, it is the research on their own gene chains.

The codons of the gene chain are gradually overcome and deciphered.

Because of their experience in enzyme research, the collectors became more comfortable doing this kind of thing, and soon, the work of deciphering the genetic code came to an end.

At this time, their knowledge has been expanded unprecedentedly, and their naivety is still as naive as ever, but their worldview is quite different from before.

The more understanding of genes, this allows the collectors to see the possibility, whether it is those titanium snails that are as fast as lightning before the arrival of the Great Ice Age, or the giant octahedron, they are no longer just looking up, Rather, it is a being that can become.

Self-confidence and pride have been unprecedentedly inflated, just like the European Renaissance, almost every individual no longer doubts whether their own race can inherit the authority of the supreme will.

When the work of deciphering the gene is over, the perpetuity once again calls on its own kind, and the work of modifying the gene begins.

Not only did the collectors feel no fear, they were even very excited. They had already waited for this moment for a long time. In the previous research stage, how many collectors imagined that one day, they could also possess Indescribable power.

Unknowingly, foragers have learned to desire something other than life.

The first step is to select a mother body as a container for carrying experimental cells.

Perpetuity doesn't want to do this, because it means that once an accident occurs in the experiment, the life of the same species as the mother will be in danger, and the experimental cells cannot be placed in vitro for experiments, because microorganisms that are ubiquitous in the ocean and have no brains will instantly Kill the experimental cells.

Death, what a distant term. Since the end of the Frozen Age, none of the collectors has died. They can control their bodies to a certain extent. The replacement of cells can be unlimited, and the internal organs will not age, unlike humans. In that way, in old age, cell division will slow down, and various body functions will deteriorate.

I thought that there would be no one of the same race willing to agree to be the experimental mother. However, the fact is completely opposite. Almost all the collectors are scrambling to recommend themselves, which makes Yongxuan somewhat unexpected.

However, Yongxuan thought about it carefully later, and probably understood what was going on.

Three consecutive successful big data derivations have established the unparalleled self-confidence of the entire collector population. Their understanding of genes has weakened their reverence for the Supreme Will, and they are more eager to become an existence like the Supreme Will.

Let me ask, who can refuse to become a ‘God’?

The repeated orders of Eternal Renewal emphasize the danger of being an experimental mother, but there are still an endless stream of collectors who recommend themselves.

A certain collector was randomly selected, and the experiment officially began.

Difficulties arose at the very beginning. Collectors could control their bodies to a certain extent, but they did not have absolute dominance like Hogu.

They can untwist the genes in cells and increase the rate of cell division, but they cannot do things such as stop cells from breathing and actively close cell membranes to commit suicide, which are not included in the normal mechanism of cells.

It is impossible for the restriction enzyme released by the cell itself to destroy its own gene chain, because the restriction enzyme can identify its own gene chain through methylation, and will only target the gene that destroys the outsider.

The reason why Huogu was able to succeed at the beginning was because it had absolute control over the cells, allowing the gene chain to take the initiative to remove the identification mark of methylation, and then successfully completed the gene modification.

Obviously, this is not included in the normal mechanism of cells, and it is impossible for collectors.

However, it is not without a compromise, that is, foreign enzymes.

The collector who was the mother of the experiment swallowed a round meat ball, which was produced by continuous cell division. The inside of the ball was hollow and filled with the enzyme solution used in the experiment. The whole looked like a balloon filled with water.

The extraction of enzymes is obtained by killing microorganisms, not the enzymes released by the collectors' own cells. Therefore, it can work on the collectors' own cells to make these enzyme solutions, but it took a lot of effort.

The meat ball passes through the digestive cavity and enters the drainage cavity. At this time, the outer protein body is almost corroded, the sphere ruptures, and the drainage cavity is filled with a large amount of enzymes.

Enzymes pass through the cell membrane and enter the interior of the cell through experimental cell respiration.

At this time, the gene chain inside the cell has already untied the helical structure under the will of the mother, forming a single chain, welcoming the arrival of the enzyme.