Several microorganisms were isolated from soil/sediment samples of Antarctic Peninsula. The enrichment technique using (RS)-.1-(phenyl) ethanol as a carbon source allowed us to isolate 232 psychrophile/psychrotroph ...

Farnesol (FOH) is a nonsterol isoprenold produced by dephosphorylanon of farnesyl pyrophosphate a catabolite of the cholesterol biosynthetic pathway These isoprenoids inhibit proliferation and induce apoptosis Here we show ...

Oxidoreductases containing transition metal ions are widespread in nature and are essential for living organisms. In these enzymes, transition metal ions are present either as mononuclear centers or organized into clusters, ...

Desulfovibrio gigas aldehyde oxidoreductase (DgAOR) is a mononuclear molybdenum-containing enzyme from the xanthine oxidase (XO) family, a group of enzymes capable of catalyzing the oxidative hydroxylation of aldehydes and ...

The multiheme enzyme hydroxylamine oxidoreductase from the autotrophic bacteria Nitrosomonas europaea catalyzes the conversion of hydroxylamine to nitrite, with a complicate arrangement of heme groups in three subunits. ...