Microbial proteases applications

A Razzaq, S Shamsi, A Ali, Q Ali, M Sajjad… - … in bioengineering and …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The use of chemicals around the globe in different industries has increased tremendously,
affecting the health of people. The modern world intends to replace these noxious chemicals …

Some like it cold: understanding the survival strategies of psychrophiles

P De Maayer, D Anderson, C Cary, DA Cowan - EMBO reports, 2014 - embopress.org
Much of the Earth's surface, both marine and terrestrial, is either periodically or permanently
cold. Although habitats that are largely or continuously frozen are generally considered to be …

Discovery, molecular mechanisms, and industrial applications of cold-active enzymes

M Santiago, CA Ramírez-Sarmiento… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Cold-active enzymes constitute an attractive resource for biotechnological applications.
Their high catalytic activity at temperatures below 25° C makes them excellent biocatalysts …

Psychrophilic enzymes: hot topics in cold adaptation

G Feller, C Gerday - Nature reviews microbiology, 2003 - nature.com
More than three-quarters of the Earth's surface is occupied by cold ecosystems, including
the ocean depths, and polar and alpine regions. These permanently cold environments …

Do plastics serve as a possible vector for the spread of antibiotic resistance? First insights from bacteria associated to a polystyrene piece from King George Island …

P Laganà, G Caruso, I Corsi, E Bergami… - International journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
The retrieval of a polystyrene macro-plastic piece stranded on the shores in King George
Island (South Shetlands, Antarctica) gave the opportunity to explore the associated bacterial …

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 …

[PDF][PDF] Co** with thermal challenges: physiological adaptations to environmental temperatures

GJ Tattersall, BJ Sinclair, PC Withers, PA Fields… - Compr …, 2012 - zaf.biol.pmf.unizg.hr
Temperature profoundly influences physiological responses in animals, primarily due to the
effects on biochemical reaction rates. Since physiological responses are often exemplified …

Seascape genomics provides evidence for thermal adaptation and current‐mediated population structure in American lobster (Homarus americanus)

L Benestan, BK Quinn, H Maaroufi, M Laporte… - Molecular …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Investigating how environmental features shape the genetic structure of populations is
crucial for understanding how they are potentially adapted to their habitats, as well as for …

Activity-stability relationships in extremophilic enzymes

S D'Amico, JC Marx, C Gerday, G Feller - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2003 - ASBMB
Psychrophilic, mesophilic, and thermophilic α-amylases have been studied as regards their
conformational stability, heat inactivation, irreversible unfolding, activation parameters of the …