Cellular components of thermophilic organisms (enzymes, proteins and nucleic acids) are
also thermostable. Apart from high temperature they are also known to withstand …

Extremophilic microorganisms are adapted to survive in ecological niches such as at high
temperatures, extremes of pH, high salt concentrations and high pressure. These …

Lipases (triacylglycerol acylhydrolases, EC 3.1. 1.3) catalyze the hydrolysis and the
synthesis of esters formed from glycerol and long-chain fatty acids. Lipases occur widely in …

Microbial lipases are very prominent biocatalysts because of their ability to catalyze a wide
variety of reactions in aqueous and non-aqueous media. The chemo-, regio-and enantio …

A thermophilic microorganism; Bacillus thermoleovorans ID-1, isolated from hot springs in
Indonesia, showed extracellular lipase activity and high growth rates on lipid substrates at …

Enzymes synthesized by thermophiles and hyperthermophiles are known as thermozymes.
These enzymes are typically thermostable, or resistant to irreversible inactivation at high …

Determination of the three dimensional (3D) structure of a protein can provide important
details about its biological functions and mechanism of action. However, despite their …

Archaea have developed a variety of molecular strategies to survive the often harsh
environments in which they exist. Although the rules that allow archaeal enzymes to fulfill …

Up to date more than 70 lipases from the Bacillus and Geobacillus genera have been
isolated, but for most of them only basic biochemical properties have been reported. In …

The discovery of life in seemingly prohibitive environments continues to challenge
conventional concepts of the growth-limiting conditions of many cellular organisms. The …