Protease Complement of the Thermophilic Bacterium Coprothermobacter proteolyticus

Thermal bacteria that live in higher temperature have been considered as good candidates for bioremediation and processing of protein-rich wastewater. However, very little is known about the proteases, the enzymes that digest the protein wastes in these organisms. In this study, we present a comparative genomic analysis of the protease complement in a thermal bacterium Coprothermobacter proteolyticus. The proteases common to a group of thermophilic bacteria have been identified, providing a short list of important enzymes for experimental characterizations. Keywordsgenome, protease, Coprothermobacter, degradome, bioinformatics, gene family