The biology of thermoacidophilic archaea from the order Sulfolobales

AM Lewis, A Recalde, C Bräsen… - FEMS Microbiology …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Thermoacidophilic archaea belonging to the order Sulfolobales thrive in extreme biotopes,
such as sulfuric hot springs and ore deposits. These microorganisms have been model …

Minimal yet powerful: the role of archaeal small heat shock proteins in maintaining protein homeostasis

M Roy, K Bhakta, A Ghosh - Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Small heat shock proteins (sHsp) are a ubiquitous group of ATP-independent chaperones
found in all three domains of life. Although sHsps in bacteria and eukaryotes have been …

Functional diversity in archaeal Hsp60: a molecular mosaic of Group I and Group II chaperonin

K Bhakta, M Roy, S Samanta, A Ghosh - The FEBS Journal, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
External stress disrupts the balance of protein homeostasis, necessitating the involvement of
heat shock proteins (Hsps) in restoring equilibrium and ensuring cellular survival. The …

[HTML][HTML] Genome-Wide Analysis of Heat Shock Protein Family and Identification of Their Functions in Rice Quality and Yield

H Wang, S Charagh, N Dong, F Lu, Y Wang… - International Journal of …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Heat shock proteins (Hsps), acting as molecular chaperones, play a pivotal role in plant
responses to environmental stress. In this study, we found a total of 192 genes encoding …

5′-untranslated region sequences enhance plasmid-based protein production in Sulfolobus acidocaldarius

L Kuschmierz, A Wagner, C Schmerling… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Sulfolobus acidocaldarius, a thermoacidophilic archaeon of the phylum Thermoproteota
(former Crenarchaeota), is a widely used model organism for gene deletion studies and …

Identification of hub genes that variate the qCSS12-mediated cold tolerance between indica and japonica rice using WGCNA

P Gan, X Luo, H Wei, Y Hu, R Li, J Luo - Plant Cell Reports, 2024 - Springer
Key message Cold-tolerant QTL qCSS12-regulated 14 hub genes are involved in the
chloroplastic biological processes and in the protein synthesis and degradation processes …

Interplay between transcriptional regulators and VapBC toxin–antitoxin loci during thermal stress response in extremely thermoacidophilic archaea

CR Cooper, AM Lewis, JS Notey… - Environmental …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Thermoacidophilic archaea lack sigma factors and the large inventory of heat shock proteins
(HSPs) widespread in bacterial genomes, suggesting other strategies for handling thermal …

Structure of the human TRiC/CCT Subunit 5 associated with hereditary sensory neuropathy

JH Pereira, RP McAndrew, OA Sergeeva, CY Ralston… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
The human chaperonin TRiC consists of eight non-identical subunits, and its protein-folding
activity is critical for cellular health. Misfolded proteins are associated with many human …

Transcriptional and translational dynamics underlying heat shock response in the thermophilic crenarchaeon Sulfolobus acidocaldarius

R Baes, F Grünberger, S Pyr dit Ruys, M Couturier… - MBio, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
High-temperature stress is critical for all organisms and induces a profound cellular
response. For Crenarchaeota, little information is available on how heat shock affects …

[HTML][HTML] Functional divergence of chloroplast Cpn60α subunits during Arabidopsis embryo development

X Ke, W Zou, Y Ren, Z Wang, J Li, X Wu, J Zhao - PLoS genetics, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Chaperonins are a class of molecular chaperones that assist in the folding and assembly of
a wide range of substrates. In plants, chloroplast chaperonins are composed of two different …