4 datasets found

Extremophiles maintain an active metabolism up to 122 °C (Takai et al. 2008). These extreme conditions are found, for example in hot springs, in deep oceanic and crustal...

In biochemical systems, enzymes catalyze the endergonic phosphorylation of adenosine diphos-phate (ADP) to adenosine triphosphate (ATP) by different pathways, e.g., oxidative...

A short peptide, composed of 12 amino acids (EFVFVAHAVPVM), presenting a strongly hydrophobic character, was recently isolated from Lactobacillus gasseri supernatant (AMP12)....

As a result of an increasing number of bacteria developing resistance against antibiotics, antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are currently attracting significant interest. However,...