Structure-dependent relationships between growth temperature of prokaryotes and the amino acid frequency in their proteins

Extremophiles

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 585-596

  Sælensminde, Gisle ^a   Halskau Jr , Øyvind ^a   Helland, Ronny ^b   Willassen, Nils Peder ^b   Jonassen, Inge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Amino acid frequency; Cold adaptation; Protein structure; Psychrophiles; Stability; Thermophiles

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ARCHAEAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PROKARYOTIC CELL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DATABASE; PROTEIN DENATURATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO ACIDS; ARCHAEA; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DATABASES, PROTEIN; PROKARYOTIC CELLS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

EID: 34347361558     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: 14334909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00792-007-0072-3     Document Type: Article

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