Proteins from thermophilic microorganisms.

INTRODUCTION .......... ....................................... 320 THE THERMOPHILIC MICROORGANISMS .......... ......................... 321 POSSIBLE MECHANISMS OF SURVIVAL .......... .......................... 322 Lipids ................................................. 322 Rapid Resynthesis ............ ..................................... 322 Thermally Stable Macromolecules .............................................. 323 PROTEINS FROM THERMOPHILIC MICROORGANISMS ..... ............... 323 Classification ........ ......................................... 323 Red Fraction .. ............................................... 324 Adenosine Triphosphatase .................................................. 324 Flagella ................................................. 325 Amylase ................................................. 325 Aldolase ................................................. 329 Proteolytic Enzymes .............. ................................... 330 Dehydrogenases .......... ....................................... 331 Ferredoxin ................................................. 332 Formyltetrahydrofolate Synthetase ............................................. 333 fl-Galactosidase .......... ....................................... 333 Phosphoglucomutase ................................................. 333 Glucose-6-Phosphate Isomerase ................................................. 333 Enolase ................................................. 334 ALLOSTERIC INTERACTIONS ................................................. 334 Aspartokinase ......... ........................................ 334 Threonine Deaminase ................................................. 334 Phosphofructokinase ................................................. 334 Fructose-1, 6-Diphosphatase ................................................. 335 CONCLUSIONS, SPECULATIONS, AND SUMMARY ...... ................... 335 LITERATURE CITED ................................................. 338