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Full-Text Articles in Microbial Physiology
Growth Of Methanogens On Kaolinite, A Clay That Has Been Identified On Mars, Hailey Littrell
Growth Of Methanogens On Kaolinite, A Clay That Has Been Identified On Mars, Hailey Littrell
Biological Sciences Undergraduate Honors Theses
Methanogens have been studied as a model for life on Mars for 28 years now in the Kral lab. The discovery of methane in the Martian atmosphere by ground-based and orbital observations as well as Curiosity Rover (Formisano, V. et al., Krasnopolsky, V.A. et al., Mumma, M.J. et al.) has added relevance to these types of studies. Methanogens were chosen due to their ability to live in harsh environments, very similar to the Martian terrain. In addition to methane in the atmosphere, phyllosilicate clays have also been identified. One of those clays is kaolinite. Kaolinite has been found to not …
Understanding The Role Of Heterodisulfide Reductase During Nitrogen Fixation By Methanosarcina Acetivorans, Grant Shelnut
Understanding The Role Of Heterodisulfide Reductase During Nitrogen Fixation By Methanosarcina Acetivorans, Grant Shelnut
Biological Sciences Undergraduate Honors Theses
Methanosarcina acetivorans is a methanogenic archaeon (methanogen) that is important for several processes in our biosphere. A feature of interest within this methanogen is the enzyme nitrogenase which catalyzes the reduction of unusable dinitrogen gas (N2) into a usable form of nitrogen, ammonia (NH3). How electrons are transferred within M. acetivorans to nitrogenase during N2 reduction is unknown. Heterodisulfide reductase (Hdr) is a key enzyme known to reduce the electron carrier protein ferredoxin, which is a direct electron donor to nitrogenase in bacteria. I hypothesized that cytoplasmic HdrA2B2C2 functions in electron transfer to nitrogenase and …
How Acetylation Regulates Metabolic Enzyme Function During Environmental Shifts, Jared Canonigo
How Acetylation Regulates Metabolic Enzyme Function During Environmental Shifts, Jared Canonigo
Biological Sciences Undergraduate Honors Theses
Organisms such as Saccharomyces cerevisiae can regulate the mechanisms of proteins through post-translational modification. These modifications play a vital role in functional proteomic activity because they can regulate protein activity, localization, and interaction with other cellular molecules. Such modifications include phosphorylation, methylation, and acetylation. The metabolic mechanisms of yeast became of keen interest to our lab because our lab noticed many stress defense proteins were being acetylated during stress heat shock. Notably, Adh1p and Adh2p showed both an increase and a decrease in acetylation at two lysine residues (K315 and K314) overtime during heat shock respectively, though the exact function …
Identification Of Proteins That Contribute To Yeast Heat Stress By Lysine Acetylation, Weijia Shi
Identification Of Proteins That Contribute To Yeast Heat Stress By Lysine Acetylation, Weijia Shi
Biological Sciences Undergraduate Honors Theses
Evidence is emerging that protein lysine acetylation may be a novel type of post-translational modification (PTM) contributing to the mechanisms of yeast heat stress responses. Proteomics studies including ours have identified over 1,000 acetylated proteins in the yeast proteomes that are composed of about 6,000 proteins. Our lab recently identified 596 proteins that underwent acetylation changes during heat shock by mass spectrometry. However, the role of lysine acetylation on specific residues of specific proteins in yeast thermotolerance remains largely unknown. This study selected 43 proteins from our lab’s previous work and examined their possible contributions to yeast heat stress responses. …
Methanogens, Plausible Extraterrestrial Life Forms On Mars, And Their Tolerance To Increasing Concentrations Of Illite Clay, Chandler Kern
Methanogens, Plausible Extraterrestrial Life Forms On Mars, And Their Tolerance To Increasing Concentrations Of Illite Clay, Chandler Kern
Biological Sciences Undergraduate Honors Theses
Methanogens, some of Earth’s most primitive prokaryotic organisms, are candidates for possible life forms capable of inhabiting Mars. Specifically, four different species (Methanobacterium formicicum, Methanococcus maripaludis, Methanosarcina barkeri, Methanothermobacter wolfeii) were analyzed for their tolerance to the presence of illite clay. Illite is a crystalline mineral that has been identified from regions of Mars’s surface. Results indicated that all four species grew with some success in the illite at different concentrations. This experimentation with methanogens’ abilities to survive and reproduce in the presence of illite allows for a more accurate understanding of the potential capability of microbial …