Novel evolutionary histories and adaptive features of proteins from hyperthermophiles
The hyperthermophiles include both bacteria and archaea, although the majority of isolates growing above 100 degreesC are archaea. Newly described adaptive features of hyperthermophiles include proteins stable to 200 degreesC, nucleosomes, chaperonins and high-capacity DNA modifying enzymes. The ongoing release of genomic sequence data from hyperthermophiles will continue to accelerate the discovery of novel proteins.
Center of Marine Biotechnology University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute Columbus Center 701 East Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD 21202, USA robb@umbi.umd.edu
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