Recent advances in the improvement of enzyme thermostability by structure modification

Z Xu, YK Cen, SP Zou, YP Xue… - Critical reviews in …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Thermostability is considered to be an important parameter to measure the feasibility of
enzymes for industrial applications. Generally, higher thermostability makes an enzyme …

Cold-adapted enzymes

KS Siddiqui, R Cavicchioli - Annu. Rev. Biochem., 2006 - annualreviews.org
By far the largest proportion of the Earth's biosphere is comprised of organisms that thrive in
cold environments (psychrophiles). Their ability to proliferate in the cold is predicated on a …

Psychrophilic enzymes: from folding to function and biotechnology

G Feller - Scientifica, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Psychrophiles thriving permanently at near‐zero temperatures synthesize cold‐active
enzymes to sustain their cell cycle. Genome sequences, proteomic, and transcriptomic …

Function and biotechnology of extremophilic enzymes in low water activity

R Karan, MD Capes, S DasSarma - Aquatic biosystems, 2012 - Springer
Enzymes from extremophilic microorganisms usually catalyze chemical reactions in non-
standard conditions. Such conditions promote aggregation, precipitation, and denaturation …

Physical and molecular bases of protein thermal stability and cold adaptation

F Pucci, M Rooman - Current opinion in structural biology, 2017 - Elsevier
The molecular bases of thermal and cold stability and adaptation, which allow proteins to
remain folded and functional in the temperature ranges in which their host organisms live …

Defying the activity–stability trade-off in enzymes: taking advantage of entropy to enhance activity and thermostability

KS Siddiqui - Critical reviews in biotechnology, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
The biotechnological applications of enzymes are limited due to the activity–stability trade-
off, which implies that an increase in activity is accompanied by a concomitant decrease in …

Disulfides as redox switches: from molecular mechanisms to functional significance

MA Wouters, SW Fan, NL Haworth - Antioxidants & redox signaling, 2010 - liebertpub.com
The molecular mechanisms underlying thiol-based redox control are poorly defined.
Disulfide bonds between Cys residues are commonly thought to confer extra rigidity and …

Advances in cold-adapted enzymes derived from microorganisms

Y Liu, N Zhang, J Ma, Y Zhou, Q Wei, C Tian… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Cold-adapted enzymes, produced in cold-adapted organisms, are a class of enzyme with
catalytic activity at low temperatures, high temperature sensitivity, and the ability to adapt to …

Nature versus nurture: develo** enzymes that function under extreme conditions

MJ Liszka, ME Clark, E Schneider… - Annual review of …, 2012 - annualreviews.org
Many industrial processes used to produce chemicals and pharmaceuticals would benefit
from enzymes that function under extreme conditions. Enzymes from extremophilic …

Formation and reshuffling of disulfide bonds in bovine serum albumin demonstrated using tandem mass spectrometry with collision-induced and electron-transfer …

I Rombouts, B Lagrain, KA Scherf, MA Lambrecht… - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
Thermolysin hydrolyzates of freshly isolated, extensively stored (6 years, 6° C, dry) and
heated (60 min, 90° C, in excess water) bovine serum albumin (BSA) samples were …