Thermophiles: biology and technology at high tempertatures/
edited by Frank Robb [et al.].
- 1st ed.
- London: CRC Press, 2008.
- xiii, 353 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Part I Overview 1 Introduction
Part II Molecular Basis of Thermostability 2 Compatible solutes of (hyper)thermophiles and their role in protein stabilization 3 Relationships among catalytic activity, structural flexibility, and conformational stability as deduced from the analysis of mesophilic-thermophilic enzyme pairs and protein engineering studies 4 Membranes and transport proteins of thermophilic microorganisms 5 Thermophilic protein-folding systems 6 Physical properties of membranes composed of tetraether archaeal lipids
Part III Heat-Stable Enzymes and Metabolism 7 Glycolysis in hyperthermophiles 8 Industrial relevance of thermophiles and their enzymes 9 Denitrification pathway enzymes of thermophiles
Part IV Genetics of Thermophiles 10 DNA stability and repair 11 Plasmids and cloning vectors for thermophilic archaea 12 Genetic analysis in extremely thermophilic bacteria : an overview 13 Targeted gene disruption as a tool for establishing gene function in hyperthermophilic archaea 14 Nanobiotechnological potential of viruses of hyperthermophilic archaea
Part V Minimal Complexity Model Systems 15 Master keys to DNA replication, repair, and recombination from the structural biology of enzymes from thermophiles 16 DNA replication in thermophiles 17 DNA-binding proteins and DNA topology 18 Structure and evolution of the Thermus thermophilus ribosome 19 Protein phosphorylation at 80°C and above 20 Archaeal 20S proteasome: a simple and thermostable model system for the core particle