Thermotolerance and molecular chaperone function of an SGT1-like protein from the psychrophilic yeast, Glaciozyma antarctica

• Published in: Cell Stress and Chaperones
• Main Authors: Yusof, Nur Athirah, Hashim, Noor Haza Fazlin, Beddoe, Travis, Mahadi, Nor Muhammad, Illias, Rosli Md, Bakar, Farah Diba Abu, Murad, Abdul Munir Abdul
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Netherlands 2016
• Subjects: Original Paper; Antarctic; Casey Station; Antarc*; Antarctica; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4908002/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27154490; https://doi.org/10.1007/s12192-016-0696-2

The ability of eukaryotes to adapt to an extreme range of temperatures is critically important for survival. Although adaptation to extreme high temperatures is well understood, reflecting the action of molecular chaperones, it is unclear whether these molecules play a role in survival at extremely...