A molecular perspective on the limits of life: Enzymes under pressure

• Veröffentlicht in: Condensed Matter Physics
• Datum: 2016
• Hauptverfasser: Huang, Q., Tran, K.N., Rodgers, J.M., Bartlett, D.H., Hemley, R.J., Ichiye, T.
• Format: Artikel
• Sprache: English
• Veröffentlicht: Інститут фізики конденсованих систем НАН України 2016
• Online Zugang: https://nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua/handle/123456789/155773
• Назва журналу: Digital Library of Periodicals of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
• Zitieren: A molecular perspective on the limits of life: Enzymes under pressure / Q. Huang, K.N. Tran, J.M. Rodgers, D.H. Bartlett, R.J. Hemley, T. Ichiye // Condensed Matter Physics. — 2016. — Т. 19, № 2. — С. 22801: 1–16. — Бібліогр.: 87 назв. — англ.

From a purely operational standpoint, the existence of microbes that can grow under extreme conditions, or "extremophiles", leads to the question of how the molecules making up these microbes can maintain both their structure and function. While microbes that live under extremes of tempera...