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Thank you @tking77798. Yes, although there was no evolutionary pressure to make the enzyme that thermostable. :)

That's true, the thermostabilility was a coincidence :p

You never know. Probably some thousands of years ago the grand-grand-parents of those microorganisms needed the thermostable feature. Or perhaps even today. Lake Vanda is warm at the bottom, where does the heat come from?