Extremophiles and Their Peptides, Proteins and Enzymes
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2023) | Viewed by 1615
Special Issue Editor
Interests: cold-active enzymes; psychrophilic proteins; ice-binding proteins; antifreeze proteins; cold-adaptation
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Dear Colleagues,
Microorganisms can not only survive but also thrive in almost all niches of the environment on our planet. Not surprisingly, more than two thirds of microorganisms can be classified as extremophiles, such as hyperthermophiles, thermophiles, psychrophiles, acidophiles, basophiles, halophiles, piezophiles, etc. Their extreme habitats confer unique properties to these microorganisms. Some of these properties have led to significant progress in life science and have made a lasting impact on society—for example, Taq DNA polymerase. In addition, they have great potential to be used in biotechnology, industry, and biomedicine. Although the amount of genomic and proteomic data on extremophiles has increased continuously, thanks to advances in next-generation sequencing and bioinformatics, only a fraction of their proteins and enzymes have been utilized.
This Special Issue of Applied Sciences on “Extremophiles and Their Peptides, Proteins and Enzymes” will cover but not be limited to reviews and recent findings regarding the isolation, characterization, engineering, structure determination of proteins and enzymes, and their applications.
Prof. Dr. Hak Jun Kim
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- extremophilic enzymes
- extremophilic proteins
- extremophilic peptides
- folding and stability
- expression system
- protein design and engineering
- X-ray crystal structure
- NMR solution structure
- microevolution
- metagenomics
- molecular dynamics simulation
- industrial enzymes
- fermentation
- applications
