ext_58972: Mad! (0)
Charlie Stross ([identity profile] autopope.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] james_davis_nicoll 2005-03-09 08:24 pm (UTC)

Yeah, well, I'm going from underused decades-old memory. Yes, enzyme chemistry is nanotech by most definitions -- but I suspect the prevalence of hydrogen bonds in determining tertiary and quaternary structure, and the requirement for water, tends to limit the efficiency of the reactions it can mediate by putting unpleasant constraints on things like temperature and pressure.

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