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Victoria F Oswald1, WeiTing Chen1, Paul B Harvilla2, John S Magyar3.
Abstract
The psychrophilic, hydrocarbonoclastic microorganism Colwellia psychrerythraea is important in global nutrient cycling and bioremediation. In order to investigate how this organism can live so efficiently at low temperatures (~4°C), thermal denaturation studies of a small electron transfer protein from Colwellia were performed. Colwellia cytochrome c552 was overexpressed in Escherichia coli, isolated, purified, and characterized by UV-visible absorption spectroscopy. The melting temperature (Tm) and the van't Hoff enthalpy (ΔHvH) were determined. These values suggest an unexpectedly high stability for this psychrophilic cytochrome.Entities:
Keywords: Cytochrome c(552); Psychrophile; Thermal denaturation; Van't Hoff enthalpy
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Year: 2013 PMID: 24275750 PMCID: PMC3885257 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2013.11.002
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Inorg Biochem ISSN: 0162-0134 Impact factor: 4.155