Thermococcus profundus

Thermococcus profundus
Scientific classification
Domain: Archaea
Kingdom: Euryarchaeota
Phylum: Euryarchaeota
Class: Thermococci
Order: Thermococcales
Family: Thermococcaceae
Genus: Thermococcus
Species: T. profundus
Binomial name
Thermococcus profundus
Kobayashi and Horikoshi 1995

Thermococcus profundus is a hyperthermophilic archaeon isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent. It is coccoid-shaped with 1–2 μm in diameter, designated as strain DT5432.[1]

One amylase isolated from Thermococcus profundus strain DT5432 was found to function at an optimal temperature of 80 °C. The scientists who extracted it speculate that it may have applications in the starch industry because of its healt tolerance and lack of any need for metal ions.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Kobayashi, Tetsuo; Kwak, Yi Seong; Akiba, Teruhiko; Kudo, Toshiaki; Horikoshi, Koki (1994). "Thermococcus profundus sp. nov., A New Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Isolated from a Deep-sea Hydrothermal Vent". Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 17 (2): 232–236. doi:10.1016/S0723-2020(11)80013-5. ISSN 0723-2020.
  2. ↑ Y. C. Chung; T. Kobayashi; H. Kanai; T. Akiba; T. Kudo (April 1995). "Purification and Properties of Extracellular Amylase from the Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Thermococcus profundus DT5432". Appl Environ Microbiol. 61 (4). pp. 1502–1506. PMC 1388417.

Further reading

  • Tae Lee, Jong; Kanai, Haruhiko; Kobayashi, Tetsuo; Akiba, Teruhiko; Kudo, Toshiaki (1996). "Cloning, nucleotide sequence, and hyperexpression of α-amylase gene from an archaeon, Thermococcus profundus". Fermentation and Bioengineering. 82 (5): 432–438. doi:10.1016/S0922-338X(97)86978-4.
  • Ozawa, Yukiko; Siddiqui, Masood; Takahashi, Yasufumi; Urushiyama, Akio; Ohmori, Daijiro; Yamakura, Fumiyuki; Arisaka, Fumio; Imai, Takeo (July 2012). "Indolepyruvate ferredoxin oxidoreductase: An oxygen-sensitive iron–sulfur enzyme from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Thermococcus profundus". Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering. 114 (1): 23–27. doi:10.1016/j.jbiosc.2012.02.014.
  • Y. C. Chung; T. Kobayashi; H. Kanai; T. Akiba & T. Kudo (April 1995). "Purification and Properties of Extracellular Amylase from the Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Thermococcus profundus DT5432". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 61 (4): 1502–1506. PMC 1388417. PMID 16534999.
  • Kawakami, Ryushi; Sakuraba, Haruhiko; Ohshima, Toshihisa (2004). "Gene and primary structures of dye-linked l-proline dehydrogenase from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Thermococcus profundus show the presence of a novel heterotetrameric amino acid dehydrogenase complex". Extremophiles. 8 (2): 99–108. doi:10.1007/s00792-003-0368-x. ISSN 1431-0651.


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