Pyrococcus horikoshii explained

Pyrococcus horikoshii is a hyperthermophilic, anaerobic archaeon, first isolated from hydrothermal fluid samples obtained at the Okinawa Trough vents at a depth of 1395m (4,577feet). It is obligately heterotrophic, cells are irregular cocci with a tuft of flagella, growing optimally at 98 °C, sulphur greatly enhancing its growth.^[1]

Further reading

• Theriot. Casey M.. Semcer. Rebecca L.. Shah. Saumil S.. Grunden. Amy M.. Improving the Catalytic Activity of Hyperthermophilic Pyrococcus horikoshii Prolidase for Detoxification of Organophosphorus Nerve Agents over a Broad Range of Temperatures. Archaea. 2011. 2011. 565127 . 1472-3646. 10.1155/2011/565127. 22162664 . 3227228. free .
• 4. Ando. Susumu. Ishikawa. Kazuhiko. Ishida. Hiroyasu. Kawarabayasi. Yutaka. Kikuchi. Hisasi. Kosugi. Yoshitsugu. Thermostable aminopeptidase from Pyrococcus horikoshii. FEBS Letters. 447. 1. 1999. 25–28. 0014-5793. 10.1016/S0014-5793(99)00257-4. 10218575 . free.
• Appolaire A . Rosenbaum E . Durá MA. etal . Pyrococcus horikoshii TET2 Peptidase Assembling Process and Associated Functional Regulation . . 288 . 31 . 22542–54 . August 2013 . 23696647 . 10.1074/jbc.M113.450189 . 3829341. free .
• Ando S . Ishida H . Kosugi Y. Ishikawa K . Hyperthermostable endoglucanase from Pyrococcus horikoshii . . 68 . 1 . 430–3 . January 2002 . 11772658 . 126571 . 10.1128/AEM.68.1.430-433.2002. 2002ApEnM..68..430A .
• 4 . Manjunath K . Kanaujia SP . Kanagaraj S. Jeyakanthan J . Sekar K . Structure of SAICAR synthetase from Pyrococcus horikoshii OT3: insights into thermal stability . . 53 . 7–19 . February 2013 . 23137517 . 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2012.10.028 .

External links

• • WORMS entry
• LPSN
• Type strain of Pyrococcus horikoshii at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

Notes and References

1. 4. González. Juan M.. Masuchi. Yaeko. Robb. F. T.. Ammerman. James W.. Maeder. Dennis L.. Yanagibayashi. Miki. Tamaoka. J.. Kato. Chiaki. Pyrococcus horikoshii sp. nov., a hyperthermophilic archaeon isolated from a hydrothermal vent at the Okinawa Trough. Extremophiles. 2. 2. 1998. 123–130. 1431-0651. 10.1007/s007920050051. 9672687 . 24688240 .