Psychrophilic enzymes: structural adaptation, pharmaceutical and industrial applications

Psychrophiles are cold-living microorganisms synthesizing enzymes that are permanently active at almost near-zero temperatures. Psychrozymes are supposed to be structurally more flexible than their homologous proteins. This structural flexibility enables these proteins to undergo conformational ch...

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Main Authors: Parvizpour, Sepideh, Hussin, Nurulfarhana, Shamsir, Mohd Shahir, Razmara, Jafar
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Published: Springer 2020
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Online Access:http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/1081/1/J11981_3009d433f18f8d8e028012afd91a81c2.pdf
http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/1081/
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-020-11074-0
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author Parvizpour, Sepideh
Hussin, Nurulfarhana
Shamsir, Mohd Shahir
Razmara, Jafar
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Shamsir, Mohd Shahir
Razmara, Jafar
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description Psychrophiles are cold-living microorganisms synthesizing enzymes that are permanently active at almost near-zero temperatures. Psychrozymes are supposed to be structurally more flexible than their homologous proteins. This structural flexibility enables these proteins to undergo conformational changes during catalysis and improve catalytic efficiency at low temperatures. The outstanding characteristics of the psychrophilic enzymes have attracted the attention of the scientific community to utilize them in a wide variety of industrial and pharmaceutical applications. In this review, we first highlight the current knowledge of the cold-adaptation mechanisms of the psychrophiles. In the sequel, we describe the potential applications of the enzymes in different biotechnological processes specifically, in the production of industrial and pharmaceutical products.
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spelling my.uthm.eprints-10812021-10-17T07:36:29Z http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/1081/ Psychrophilic enzymes: structural adaptation, pharmaceutical and industrial applications Parvizpour, Sepideh Hussin, Nurulfarhana Shamsir, Mohd Shahir Razmara, Jafar QR Microbiology Psychrophiles are cold-living microorganisms synthesizing enzymes that are permanently active at almost near-zero temperatures. Psychrozymes are supposed to be structurally more flexible than their homologous proteins. This structural flexibility enables these proteins to undergo conformational changes during catalysis and improve catalytic efficiency at low temperatures. The outstanding characteristics of the psychrophilic enzymes have attracted the attention of the scientific community to utilize them in a wide variety of industrial and pharmaceutical applications. In this review, we first highlight the current knowledge of the cold-adaptation mechanisms of the psychrophiles. In the sequel, we describe the potential applications of the enzymes in different biotechnological processes specifically, in the production of industrial and pharmaceutical products. Springer 2020 Article PeerReviewed text en http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/1081/1/J11981_3009d433f18f8d8e028012afd91a81c2.pdf Parvizpour, Sepideh and Hussin, Nurulfarhana and Shamsir, Mohd Shahir and Razmara, Jafar (2020) Psychrophilic enzymes: structural adaptation, pharmaceutical and industrial applications. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-020-11074-0
spellingShingle QR Microbiology
Parvizpour, Sepideh
Hussin, Nurulfarhana
Shamsir, Mohd Shahir
Razmara, Jafar
Psychrophilic enzymes: structural adaptation, pharmaceutical and industrial applications
title Psychrophilic enzymes: structural adaptation, pharmaceutical and industrial applications
title_full Psychrophilic enzymes: structural adaptation, pharmaceutical and industrial applications
title_fullStr Psychrophilic enzymes: structural adaptation, pharmaceutical and industrial applications
title_full_unstemmed Psychrophilic enzymes: structural adaptation, pharmaceutical and industrial applications
title_short Psychrophilic enzymes: structural adaptation, pharmaceutical and industrial applications
title_sort psychrophilic enzymes: structural adaptation, pharmaceutical and industrial applications
topic QR Microbiology
url http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/1081/1/J11981_3009d433f18f8d8e028012afd91a81c2.pdf
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