Disease relevance of Rhodothermus

• The cytochrome c domain of subunit II from the Rhodothermus marinus caa(3) HiPIP:oxygen oxidoreductase, a member of the superfamily of heme-copper-containing terminal oxidases, was produced in Escherichia coli and characterised [1].
• The thymidine kinase gene from the thermophilic eubacterium Rhodothermus marinus was cloned, sequenced and overexpressed [2].

High impact information on Rhodothermus

• Structure at 1.3 A resolution of Rhodothermus marinus caa(3) cytochrome c domain [1].
• Rhodothermus marinus, a thermohalophilic gram negative bacterium, contains a type I NADH/quinone oxidoreductase (complex I) [3].
• The caa(3) terminal oxidase of Rhodothermus marinus lacking the key glutamate of the D-channel is a proton pump [4].
• The thermohalophilic bacterium Rhodothermus marinus expresses a caa(3)-type dioxygen reductase as one of its terminal oxidases [4].
• We demonstrate with attenuated total reflection-Fourier transform infrared (ATR-FTIR) difference spectroscopy that a tyrosine residue of the oxygen reductase from the thermohalophilic Rhodothermus marinus becomes deprotonated in the transition from the oxidized state to the catalytic intermediate ferryl state P(M) [5].

Chemical compound and disease context of Rhodothermus

• The succinate dehydrogenase from the thermohalophilic bacterium Rhodothermus marinus: redox-Bohr effect on heme bL [6].
• Two separate citrate synthases from the extremely thermophilic bacterium Rhodothermus marinus have been identified and purified [7].
• Cloning, sequence analysis and overexpression of a rhodothermus marinus gene encoding a thermostable thymidine kinase [2].
• A Rhodothermus marinus gene, hemB, coding for 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) dehydratase (ALAD) has been cloned and sequenced [8].
• The xynl encoded 5 domain xylanase from the thermophilic bacterium Rhodothermus marinus binds specifically to xylan, beta-glucan and amorphous but not crystalline cellulose [9].

Biological context of Rhodothermus

• Quinone reduction by Rhodothermus marinus succinate:menaquinone oxidoreductase is not stimulated by the membrane potential [10].

Gene context of Rhodothermus

• A family 18 chitinase gene chiA from the thermophile Rhodothermus marinus was cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli [11].
• Cloning and sequence analysis of the DNA ligase-encoding gene of Rhodothermus marinus, and overproduction, purification and characterization of two thermophilic DNA ligases [12].
• Ligation by both T4 DNA ligase and Rhodothermus marinus thermophilic DNA ligase is highly cooperative [13].
• ppc, the gene for phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase from an extremely thermophilic bacterium, Rhodothermus obamensis: cloning, sequencing and overexpression in Escherichia coli [14].
• Rhodothermus marinus: a thermophilic bacterium producing dimeric and hexameric citrate synthase isoenzymes [7].

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Rhodothermus

• The ppc gene, which encodes phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC) of an extremely thermophilic bacterium, Rhodothermus obamensis, was directly sequenced by the thermal asymmetric interlaced (TAIL) PCR method [14].

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