Amino Acid Substitutions in Cold-Adapted Proteins from Halorubrum lacusprofundi, an Extremely Halophilic Microbe from Antarctica

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  DasSarma, Shiladitya ^a   Capes, Melinda D ^a   Karan, Ram ^a   DasSarma, Priya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ASPARTIC ACID; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; TRYPTOPHAN;

ACIDITY; AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; COLD ACCLIMATIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HALOBACTERIALES; HALORUBRUM LACUSPROFUNDI; HYDROPHOBICITY; LOW TEMPERATURE; MESOPHILIC BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; COLD TEMPERATURE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GENOMICS; HALORUBRUM; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 84874850451     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058587     Document Type: Article

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