Ferredoxin from the hyperthermophile Thermotoga maritima is stable beyond the boiling point of water

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 272, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 591-596

  Pfeil, Wolfgang ^a   Gesierich, Ulrike ^a   Kleemann, Gerd R ^b,c   Sterner, Reinhard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Hyperthermophiles; Iron sulfur proteins; Origin of life; Protein unfolding; Thermostability

Indexed keywords

FERREDOXIN;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; EVOLUTION; HEAT TOLERANCE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; TEMPERATURE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; THERMOSTABILITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

EID: 0031551572     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1278     Document Type: Article

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