Oxidation of trimethylamine to trimethylamine <i>N</i> -oxide facilitates high hydrostatic pressure tolerance in a generalist bacterial lineage
Qi‐Long Qin, Zhibin Wang, Hai‐Nan Su, Xiu‐Lan Chen, Jie Miao, Xiujuan Wang, Chunyang Li, Xi‐Ying Zhang, Ping‐Yi Li, Min Wang, Jiasong Fang, Ian D. E. A. Lidbury, Weipeng Zhang, Xiao‐Hua Zhang, Gui‐Peng Yang, Yin Chen, Yu‐Zhong Zhang
Abstract
Tmm-like proteins also have improved HHP tolerance in the presence of TMA, implying the universality of this HHP tolerance strategy in marine Bacteroidetes.
Topics & Concepts
Trimethylamine N-oxideTrimethylamineHydrostatic pressureLineage (genetic)BacteriaOxideGeneralist and specialist speciesChemistryBiologyBiochemistryEcologyOrganic chemistryGeneticsGeneThermodynamicsHabitatPhysicsMethane Hydrates and Related PhenomenaMicrobial Community Ecology and PhysiologyHemoglobin structure and function