Stepwise adaptations of citrate synthase to survival at life's extremes: From psychrophile to hyperthermophile

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 269, Issue 24, 2002, Pages 6250-6260

  Bell, Graeme S ^a   Russell, Rupert J M ^b   Connaris, Helen ^b   Hough, David W ^a   Danson, Michael J ^a   Taylor, Garry L ^a,b  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Citrate synthase; Crystalstructure; Ion networks; Sulfolobus; Thermostability

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CITRATE SYNTHASE; DIMER;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; LIFE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS; SURVIVAL; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CITRATE (SI)-SYNTHASE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DIMERIZATION; ELECTRONS; IONS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SULFOLOBUS; TEMPERATURE;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SULFOLOBUS; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS;

EID: 18744405663     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2002.03344.x     Document Type: Article

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