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Superoxide dismutase from the eukaryotic thermophile Alvinella pompejana: structures, stability, mechanism, and insights into amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Journal of molecular biology - 6 Feb 2009
Shin David S, Didonato Michael, Barondeau David P, Hura Greg L, Hitomi Chiharu, Berglund J Andrew, Getzoff Elizabeth D, Cary S Craig, Tainer John A
Abstract excerpt
Prokaryotic thermophiles supply stable human protein homologs for structural biology; yet, eukaryotic thermophiles would provide more similar macromolecules plus those missing in microbes. Alvinella pompejana is a deep-sea hydrothermal-vent worm that has been found in temperatures averaging as hi...
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