In this study, we discovered and characterized a novel marine bacterium multifunctional enzyme, Amy63 and showed that it was a typical α-amylase with promiscuous agarase and carrageenase activities. The evidence for Amy63 promiscuity are based on the following observations: (i) Both native and re...
Both PduG and PduQ formed large puncta in addition to substantial cytosolic distribution, differing from the typical distribution of Pdu BMCs in WT. PduL is still assembled to construct several aggregates in most cells, given that the N-terminus of PduL serves as an encapsulation peptide42. ...
these microbes make up what’s known as your gut microbiome, and each of these ( ) possesses dynamic, specialized abilities that seem to be ( ) for human life. They break down our food, make vitamins, train our ( ...
In addition, some of these crystals showed the typical agglomeration of prisms in complexes with a starlike form, although nuclei were amorphous, or, on the contrary, individual prisms showed a small degree of aggregation (four to five prisms for each complex). This would indicate that xanthans...
Kam1 also lacks the well developed intracellular membrane systems typical for other methanotrophs. The isolate represents a previously unrecognized biological methane sink, and, due to its unusual phylogenetic affiliation, it will shed important light on the origin, evolution, and diversity of biological...
Lateral Gene Transfer (LGT) is a major contributor to bacterial evolution and up to 25% of a bacterium's genome may have been acquired by this process over evolutionary periods of time. Successful LGT requires both the physical transfer of DNA and its successful incorporation into the host cell...
The rhizobacterium P. putida GR12-2 recovered from the plant rhizosphere of the Canadian high arctic grew well and enhanced root growth of spring and winter canola at 5 °C at which very few bacteria could grow and function normally. Also, the bacterium had one major protein (32–34 ...
baumannii, a Gram-negative bacterium with the capacity of up-taking foreign DNA from the environment that can be incorporated into its genetic patrimony. This microorganism, first described as an environmental bacterium, becomes today a multiresistant threat, with the case of some strains resistant ...
Four instead of five waters ligand the magnesium, which along with the two protein oxygens form a hexacoordinate tetragonal bipyramid, typical of magnesium coordination observed in other proteins (Lee et al. 1995). However, magnesium has more than twice the B factor of calcium at site 1 (39...
the soil environments where that stress is a regular phenomenon3.Alhagi sparsifoliaShap. (Leguminosae), a typical desert plant species, is widely distributed in the arid and salinized regions of north-west China. This perennial plant has highly developed deep roots and possesses a great capacity ...