Identification and analysis of proton-translocating pyrophosphatases in the methanogenic archaeon Methanosarcina mazei

Author(s): Sebastian Bäumer | Sabine Lentes | Gerhard Gottschalk | Uwe Deppenmeier

The ultrastructure of Ignicoccus: Evidence for a novel outer membrane and for intracellular vesicle budding in an archaeon

Author(s): Reinhard Rachel | Irith Wyschkony | Sabine Riehl | Harald Huber

Biochemical evidence for the presence of two α-glucoside ABC-transport systems in the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus furiosus

Author(s): Sonja M. Koning | Wil N. Konings | Arnold J.M. Driessen

Getting on target: The archaeal signal recognition particle

Author(s): Christian Zwieb | Jerry Eichler

Common evolutionary origins of mechanosensitive ion channels in Archaea, Bacteria and cell-walled Eukarya

Author(s): Anna Kloda | Boris Martinac

Loss of genetic accuracy in mutants of the thermoacidophile Sulfolobus acidocaldarius

Author(s): Greg D. Bell | Dennis W. Grogan

Characterization of the proteasome from the extremely halophilic archaeon Haloarcula marismortui

Author(s): B. Franzetti | G. Schoehn | D. Garcia | R. W. H. Ruigrok | G. Zaccai

Proteolysis in hyperthermophilic microorganisms

Perspectives on biotechnological applications of archaea

Author(s): Chiara Schiraldi | Mariateresa Giuliano | Mario De Rosa

The Sso7d protein of Sulfolobus solfataricus: in vitro relationship among different activities

Author(s): Annamaria Guagliardi | Laura Cerchia | Mosè Rossi

Cellular localization of D-lactate dehydrogenase and NADH oxidase from Archaeoglobus fulgidus

Author(s): Vishwajeeth Reddy Pagala | Joohye Park | David W. Reed | Patricia L. Hartzell

Reverse micelles in organic solvents: a medium for the biotechnological use of extreme halophilic enzymes at low salt concentration

Author(s): Frutos C. Marhuenda-Egea | Sonsoles Piera-Velázquez | Chiquinquirá Cadenas | Eduardo Cadenas

Pyrobaculum calidifontis sp. nov., a novel hyperthermophilic archaeon that grows in atmospheric air

Structural analysis by reductive cleavage with LiAlH4 of an allyl ether choline-phospholipid, archaetidylcholine, from the hyperthermophilic methanoarchaeon Methanopyrus kandleri

Molecular analysis of the role of two aromatic aminotransferases and a broad-specificity aspartate aminotransferase in the aromatic amino acid metabolism of Pyrococcus furiosus

Author(s): Donald E. Ward | William M. de Vos | John van der Oost

Functional organization of a single nif cluster in the mesophilic archaeon Methanosarcina mazei strain Gö1

Author(s): Claudia Ehlers | Katharina Veit | Gerhard Gottschalk | Ruth A. Schmitz

Archaeosomes varying in lipid composition differ in receptor-mediated endocytosis and differentially adjuvant immune responses to entrapped antigen

Novel archaeal macrocyclic diether core membrane lipids in a methane-derived carbonate crust from a mud volcano in the Sorokin Trough, NE Black Sea

Author(s): Alina Stadnitskaia | Marianne Baas | Michael K. Ivanov | Tjeerd C. E. Van Weering | Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté

Calcium-induced aggregation of archaeal bipolar tetraether liposomes derived from the thermoacidophilic archaeon Sulfolobus acidocaldarius

Author(s): Roby Kanichay | Lawrence T. Boni | Peter H. Cooke | Tapan K. Khan

Remarkable sequence signatures in archaeal genomes

Author(s): Ahmed Fadiel | Stuart Lithwick | Gopi Ganji | Stephen W. Scherer

Minimal sulfur requirement for growth and sulfur-dependent metabolism of the hyperthermophilic archaeon Staphylothermus marinus

Author(s): Xiaolei Hao | Kesen Ma

Distribution and phylogenies of enzymes of the Embden-Meyerhof-Parnas pathway from archaea and hyperthermophilic bacteria support a gluconeogenic origin of metabolism

Author(s): Ron S. Ronimus | Hugh W. Morgan

Automated metabolic reconstruction for Methanococcus jannaschii

Author(s): Sophia Tsoka | David Simon | Christos A. Ouzounis

Genomic comparison of archaeal conjugative plasmids from Sulfolobus

Author(s): Bo Greve | Susanne Jensen | Kim Brügger | Wolfram Zillig | Roger A. Garrett

In vitro selection of an archaeal RNase P RNA mimics natural variation

Author(s): Daniel Williams | James W. Brown

Interactions between RNase P protein subunits in Archaea

Author(s): Thomas A. Hall | James W. Brown

Transaldolase of Methanocaldococcus jannaschii

Author(s): Tim Soderberg | Robert C. Alver

Description of Thermococcus kodakaraensis sp. nov., a well studied hyperthermophilic archaeon previously reported as Pyrococcus sp. KOD1

Author(s): Haruyuki Atomi | Toshiaki Fukui | Tamotsu Kanai | Masaaki Morikawa | Tadayuki Imanaka

The conserved adenosine in helix 6 of Archaeoglobus fulgidus signal recognition particle RNA initiates SRP assembly

Author(s): Jiaming Yin | Qiaojia Huang | Olga N. Pakhomova | Andrew P. Hinck | Christian Zwieb

A proposal to rename the hyperthermophile Pyrococcus woesei as Pyrococcus furiosus subsp. woesei

Author(s): Wirojne Kanoksilapatham | Juan M. González | Dennis L. Maeder | Jocelyne DiRuggiero | Frank T. Robb

Hydrolase and glycosynthase activity of endo-1,3-β-glucanase from the thermophile Pyrococcus furiosus

Author(s): J. Van Lieshout | M. Faijes | J. Nieto | J. Van Der Oost | A. Planas

Characterization of an archaeal malic enzyme from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Thermococcus kodakaraensis KOD1

Author(s): Wakao Fukuda | Yulia Sari Ismail | Toshiaki Fukui | Haruyuki Atomi | Tadayuki Imanaka

Trace methane oxidation studied in several Euryarchaeota under diverse conditions

Author(s): James J. Moran | Christopher H. House | Katherine H. Freeman | James G. Ferry

Active site of Zn2+-dependent sn-glycerol-1-phosphate dehydrogenase from Aeropyrum pernix K1

Author(s): Jin-Suk Han | Kazuhiko Ishikawa

Novel RepA-MCM proteins encoded in plasmids pTAU4, pORA1 and pTIK4 from Sulfolobus neozealandicus

Recombinant production of Zymomonas mobilis pyruvate decarboxylase in the haloarchaeon Haloferax volcanii

Author(s): Steven J. Kaczowka | Christopher J. Reuter | Lee A. Talarico | Julie A. Maupin-Furlow

Identification of replication origins in archaeal genomes based on the Z-curve method

Author(s): Ren Zhang | Chun-Ting Zhang

Biosynthesis of ribose-5-phosphate and erythrose-4-phosphate in archaea: a phylogenetic analysis of archaeal genomes

Author(s): Tim Soderberg

Higher-level classification of the Archaea: evolution of methanogenesis and methanogens

Author(s): Éric Bapteste | Céline Brochier | Yan Boucher

New experimental approaches for investigating interactions between Pyrococcus furiosus carbamate kinase and carbamoyltransferases, enzymes involved in the channeling of thermolabile carbamoyl phosphate

Author(s): Jan Massant | Nicolas Glansdorff

Role of the precorrin 6-X reductase gene in cobamide biosynthesis in Methanococcus maripaludis

Author(s): Wonduck Kim | Tiffany A. Major | William B. Whitman

Characterization of the Family I inorganic pyrophosphatase from Pyrococcus horikoshii OT3

Author(s): Sung-Jong Jeon | Kazuhiko Ishikawa

Succession of methanogenic archaea in rice straw incorporated into a Japanese rice field: estimation by PCR-DGGE and sequence analyses

Author(s): Atsuo Sugano | Hidetaka Tsuchimoto | Tun Cho Cho | Makoto Kimura | Susumu Asakawa

A study of archaeal enzymes involved in polar lipid synthesis linking amino acid sequence information, genomic contexts and lipid composition

Oligomerization of Sulfolobus solfataricus signature amidase is promoted by acidic pH and high temperature

The archaeal origins of the eukaryotic translational system

Author(s): Hyman Hartman | Paola Favaretto | Temple F. Smith

Distribution, structure and diversity of “bacterial” genes encoding two-component proteins in the Euryarchaeota

Author(s): Mark K. Ashby

Cultivation of methanogens from shallow marine sediments at Hydrate Ridge, Oregon

Author(s): Melissa M. Kendall | David R. Boone

Identification of SmtB/ArsR cis elements and proteins in archaea using the Prokaryotic InterGenic Exploration Database (PIGED)

Purification and characterization of a thermostable, haloalkaliphilic extracellular serine protease from the extreme halophilic archaeon Halogeometricum borinquense strain TSS101

Author(s): Malashetty Vidyasagar | S. Prakash | Carol Litchfield | K. Sreeramulu

A putative viral defence mechanism in archaeal cells

Author(s): Reidun Lillestøl | Peter Redder | Roger A. Garrett | Kim Brügger

An analysis of amino acid sequences surrounding archaeal glycoprotein sequons

Author(s): Mehtap Abu-Qarn | Jerry Eichler

Widespread distribution of archaeal reverse gyrase in thermophilic bacteria suggests a complex history of vertical inheritance and lateral gene transfers

Author(s): Céline Brochier-Armanet | Patrick Forterre

AMP-forming acetyl-CoA synthetases in Archaea show unexpected diversity in substrate utilization

Author(s): Cheryl Ingram-Smith | Kerry S. Smith

SSoNΔ and SsoNΔlong: two thermostable esterases from the same ORF in the archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus?

Author(s): Luigi Mandrich | Margherita Pezzullo | Mosè Rossi | Giuseppe Manco

Lineage-specific partitions in archaeal transcription

Author(s): Richard M. R. Coulson | Nathalie Touboul | Christos A. Ouzounis

The genome of Hyperthermus butylicus: a sulfur-reducing, peptide fermenting, neutrophilic Crenarchaeote growing up to 108 °C

Gene decay in archaea

Author(s): M. W. J. van Passel | C. S. Smillie | H. Ochman

Conditions for gene disruption by homologous recombination of exogenous DNA into the Sulfolobus solfataricus genome

Author(s): Sonja-Verena Albers | Arnold J. M. Driessen

A bifunctional archaeal protein that is a component of 30S ribosomal subunits and interacts with C/D box small RNAs

Author(s): Andrea Ciammaruconi | Stefania Gorini | Paola Londei

Classification and regression tree (CART) analyses of genomic signatures reveal sets of tetramers that discriminate temperature optima of archaea and bacteria

Author(s): Betsey Dexter Dyer | Michael J. Kahn | Mark D. LeBlanc

Recombinant production and biochemical characterization of a hyperthermostable α-glucan/maltodextrin phosphorylase from Pyrococcus furiosus

Author(s): Rahman M. Mizanur | Amanda K. K. Griffin | Nicola L. Pohl

Lipids of the ultra-thin square halophilic archaeon Haloquadratum walsbyi

Author(s): Simona LoBasso | Patrizia LoPalco | Giuseppe Mascolo | Angela Corcelli

Identification of the gene for disaggregatase from Methanosarcina mazei

New methods for tightly regulated gene expression and highly efficient chromosomal integration of cloned genes for Methanosarcina species

Author(s): Adam M. Guss | Michael Rother | Jun Kai Zhang | Gargi Kulkkarni | William W. Metcalf

Molybdate treatment and sulfate starvation decrease ATP and DNA levels in Ferroplasma acidarmanus

Author(s): David J. Baumler | Kai-Foong Hung | Kwang Cheol Jeong | Charles W. Kaspar

A Gateway platform for functional genomics in Haloferax volcanii: deletion of three tRNA modification genes

pH-, temperature- and ion-dependent oligomerization of Sulfolobus solfataricus recombinant amidase: a study with site-specific mutants

Improving low-temperature activity of Sulfolobus acidocaldarius 2-keto-3-deoxygluconate aldolase

Many nonuniversal archaeal ribosomal proteins are found in conserved gene clusters

Author(s): Jiachen Wang | Indrani Dasgupta | George E. Fox

Hot Transcriptomics

Author(s): Jasper Walther | Pawel Sierocinski | John van der Oost

Methanogens: Methane Producers of the Rumen and Mitigation Strategies

Author(s): Sarah E. Hook | André-Denis G. Wright | Brian W. McBride

The Discussion Goes on: What Is the Role of Euryarchaeota in Humans?

Author(s): H.-P. Horz | G. Conrads

A Novel Pathway for the Biosynthesis of Heme in Archaea: Genome-Based Bioinformatic Predictions and Experimental Evidence

Towards a Systems Approach in the Genetic Analysis of Archaea: Accelerating Mutant Construction and Phenotypic Analysis in Haloferax volcanii

Different Residues on the Surface of the Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus MCM Helicase Interact with Single- and Double-Stranded DNA

Author(s): Nozomi Sakakibara | Rajesh Kasiviswanathan | Zvi Kelman

Two Major Archaeal Pseudomurein Endoisopeptidases: PeiW and PeiP

Author(s): Ganesh Ram R. Visweswaran | Bauke W. Dijkstra | Jan Kok

The Genome Sequence of Methanohalophilus mahii SLPT Reveals Differences in the Energy Metabolism among Members of the Methanosarcinaceae Inhabiting Freshwater and Saline Environments

The Lrp Family of Transcription Regulators in Archaea

Author(s): Eveline Peeters | Daniel Charlier

The S-Layer Glycoprotein of the Crenarchaeote Sulfolobus acidocaldarius Is Glycosylated at Multiple Sites with Chitobiose-Linked N-Glycans

Protein Acetylation in Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukaryotes

Author(s): Jörg Soppa

Iron-Sulfur World in Aerobic and Hyperthermoacidophilic Archaea Sulfolobus

Author(s): Toshio Iwasaki

Archaeal Ubiquitin-Like Proteins: Functional Versatility and Putative Ancestral Involvement in tRNA Modification Revealed by Comparative Genomic Analysis

Author(s): Kira S. Makarova | Eugene V. Koonin

Archaea Signal Recognition Particle Shows the Way

Author(s): Christian Zwieb | Shakhawat Bhuiyan

Archaeal Protein Biogenesis: Posttranslational Modification and Degradation

Author(s): Jerry Eichler | Julie Maupin-Furlow | Joerg Soppa

Selenocysteine, Pyrrolysine, and the Unique Energy Metabolism of Methanogenic Archaea

Author(s): Michael Rother | Joseph A. Krzycki

Identification of Residues Important for the Activity of Haloferax volcanii AglD, a Component of the Archaeal N-Glycosylation Pathway

Author(s): Lina Kaminski | Jerry Eichler

Mutational and Bioinformatic Analysis of Haloarchaeal Lipobox-Containing Proteins

Fidelity in Archaeal Information Processing

Author(s): Bart de Koning | Fabian Blombach | Stan J. J. Brouns | John van der Oost

Extensive Lysine Methylation in Hyperthermophilic Crenarchaea: Potential Implications for Protein Stability and Recombinant Enzymes

Author(s): Catherine H. Botting | Paul Talbot | Sonia Paytubi | Malcolm F. White

Widespread Disulfide Bonding in Proteins from Thermophilic Archaea

Author(s): Julien Jorda | Todd O. Yeates

Establishing a Markerless Genetic Exchange System for Methanosarcina mazei Strain Gö1 for Constructing Chromosomal Mutants of Small RNA Genes

Author(s): Claudia Ehlers | Dominik Jäger | Ruth A. Schmitz

Improving the Catalytic Activity of Hyperthermophilic Pyrococcus horikoshii Prolidase for Detoxification of Organophosphorus Nerve Agents over a Broad Range of Temperatures

Author(s): Casey M. Theriot | Rebecca L. Semcer | Saumil S. Shah | Amy M. Grunden

Functional Genomic and Advanced Genetic Studies Reveal Novel Insights into the Metabolism, Regulation, and Biology of Haloferax volcanii

Author(s): Jörg Soppa

Synthesis, Production, and Biotechnological Applications of Exopolysaccharides and Polyhydroxyalkanoates by Archaea

Author(s): Annarita Poli | Paola Di Donato | Gennaro Roberto Abbamondi | Barbara Nicolaus

Regulatory Multidimensionality of Gas Vesicle Biogenesis in Halobacterium salinarum NRC-1

Author(s): Andrew I. Yao | Marc T. Facciotti

Characterization of Plasmid pPO1 from the Hyperacidophile Picrophilus oshimae

Author(s): Angel Angelov | Jörn Voss | Wolfgang Liebl

Sulfolobus Mutants, Generated via PCR Products, Which LackPutative Enzymes of UV Photoproduct Repair

Author(s): Cynthia J. Sakofsky | Laura A. Runck | Dennis W. Grogan

Assembly of the Complex between Archaeal RNase P Proteins RPP30 and Pop5

Author(s): Brandon L. Crowe | Christopher J. Bohlen | Ross C. Wilson | Venkat Gopalan | Mark P. Foster

More Than 200 Genes Required for Methane Formation from H2 and CO2 and Energy Conservation Are Present in Methanothermobacter marburgensis and Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus

Biodiversity and biogeography of marine microbenthos: progress and prospect

Author(s): Kuidong Xu

A Cholesterol and Actinide Dependent Shadow Biosphere of Archaea and Viroids