Proteins under extreme physical conditions.

doi:10.1016/0014-5793(90)81283-t

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Proteins under extreme physical conditions.

FEBS letters - 1 Aug 1990

Jaenicke R, Závodszky P

Abstract excerpt

Life on earth is ubiquitous within the limits from -5 to 110 degrees C for temperature, 0.1 to 120 MPa for hydrostatic pressure, 1.0 to 0.6 for water activity and pH 1 to 12. In general, mutative adaptation of proteins to changing environmental conditions tends to maintain 'corresponding states'...

Topics

Adaptation, Physiological
Bacterial Proteins
Cold Temperature
Hot Temperature
Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
Hydrostatic Pressure
Mutation
Osmolar Concentration
Protein Conformation
Proteins
Thermodynamics

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