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Books
, 2008, Protein Adaptation in Extremophiles, Siddiqui KS; Thomas T, (ed.), Nova Biomedical Books, New York, https://www.novapublishers.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=23_29&products_id=6238&osCsid=523411be245aa875dc809b66c2ebf54b
Book Chapters
, 2017, 'Biotechnological improvements of cold- adapted enzymes: Commercialization via an integrated approach', in Psychrophiles: From Biodiversity to Biotechnology: Second Edition, pp. 477 - 512, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57057-0_20
, 2008, 'Protein Adaptation to High-Pressure Environments', in Protein Adaptation in Extremophiles, Nova Biomedical Books, New York, pp. 167 - 192
, 2006, '17 Proteins from Psychrophiles', in , Elsevier, pp. 395 - 436
, 2004, 'Cold-adapted enzymes', in Pandey A; Webb C; Soccol CR; Larroche C (ed.), Enzyme Technology, Asiatech Publishers, Inc., New Delhi, pp. 615 - 638
Journal articles
, 2023, 'Antioxidant Behavioural Phenotype in the Immp2l Gene Knock-Out Mouse', Genes, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/genes14091717
, 2022, 'The use of isothermal titration calorimetry for the assay of enzyme activity: Application in higher education practical classes', Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 50, pp. 519 - 526, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bmb.21657
, 2022, 'Evaluating Enzymatic Productivity—The Missing Link to Enzyme Utility', International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 23, pp. 1 - 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms23136908
, 2021, 'Physico-chemical properties and toxicological effects on plant and algal models of carbon nanosheets from a nettle fibre clone', Scientific Reports, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-86426-5
, 2021, 'Computational analysis of thermal adaptation in extremophilic chitinases: The achilles’ heel in protein structure and industrial utilization', Molecules, 26, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules26030707
, 2021, 'A simple, economical and environmental-friendly method for staining protein gels using an extract from walnut-husk', Chemico-Biological Interactions, 333, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cbi.2020.109310
, 2017, 'Enhancement of lipase stability and productivity through chemical modification and its application to latex-based polymer emulsions', Process Biochemistry, 57, pp. 131 - 140, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.procbio.2017.03.014
, 2016, 'Single TRAM domain RNA-binding proteins in Archaea: functional insight from Ctr3 from the Antarctic methanogen Methanococcoides burtonii', Environmental microbiology, 18, pp. 2810 - 2824, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.13229
, 2016, 'Erratum: Characterization of a temperature-responsive two component regulatory system from the Antarctic archaeon, Methanococcoides burtonii (Scientific Reports (2016) 6 (24278) DOI: 10.1038/srep24278)', Scientific Reports, 6, pp. 27162, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep27162
, 2016, 'Characterization of a temperature-responsive two component regulatory system from the Antarctic archaeon, Methanococcoides burtonii', Scientific Reports, 6, pp. 24278, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep24278
, 2016, 'Lignocellulosic biomass: Biosynthesis, degradation, and industrial utilization', Engineering in Life Sciences, 16, pp. 1 - 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/elsc.201400196
, 2015, 'Destructuring plant biomass: Focus on fungal and extremophilic cell wall hydrolases', Plant Science, 234, pp. 180 - 193, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.plantsci.2015.02.010
, 2015, 'A new broad specificity alkaline metalloprotease from a Pseudomonas sp. isolated from refrigerated milk: Role of calcium in improving enzyme productivity', Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic, 113, pp. 1 - 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.molcatb.2014.12.010
, 2014, 'Influence of calcium in extracellular DNA mediated bacterial aggregation and biofilm formation', PLoS ONE, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0091935
, 2014, 'Versatile peroxidase degradation of humic substances: Use of isothermal titration calorimetry to assess kinetics, and applications to industrial wastes', Journal of Biotechnology, 178, pp. 1 - 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiotec.2014.03.002
, 2012, 'Identification of two residues essential for the stringent substrate specificity and active site stability of the prokaryotic l -arginine:glycine amidinotransferase CyrA', FEBS Journal, 279, pp. 805 - 815, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1742-4658.2012.08472.x
, 2010, 'A novel prokaryotic L-arginine:glycine amidinotransferase is involved in cylindrospermopsin biosynthesis', FEBS Journal, 277, pp. 3844 - 3860
, 2009, 'A novel approach for enhancing the catalytic efficiency of a protease at low temperature: Reduction in substrate inhibition by chemical modification', Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 103, pp. 676 - 686
, 2009, 'The genome sequence of the psychrophilic archaeon, Methanococcoides burtonii: The role of genome evolution in cold adaptation', ISME Journal, 3, pp. 1012 - 1035
, 2008, 'Erratum: Kinetic and thermodynamic study of a chemically modified highly active xylanase from scopulariopsis sp (Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology))', Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 150, pp. 113, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12010-008-8157-8
, 2007, 'Kinetic and thermodynamic study of a chemically modified highly active xylanase from Scopulariopsis sp.', Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 141, pp. 273 - 297, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02729068
, 2007, 'Kinetic and thermodynamic study of a chemically modified highly active xylanase from Scopulariopsis sp - Existence of an essential amino group', Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 141, pp. 273 - 297
, 2007, 'Structure and function of cold shock proteins in archaea', Journal of Bacteriology, 189, pp. 5738 - 5748
, 2006, 'Cold-adapted enzymes', Annual Review of Biochemistry, 75, pp. 403 - 433
, 2006, 'Role of lysine versus arginine in enzyme cold-adaptation: Modifying lysine to homo-arginine stabilizes the cold-adapted alpha-amylase from Pseudoalteramonas haloplanktis', Proteins - Structure Function and Bioinformatics, 64, pp. 486 - 501
, 2005, 'Improved thermal stability and activity in the cold-adapted lipase B from Candida antarctica following chemical modification with oxidized polysaccharides', Extremophiles, 9, pp. 471 - 476
, 2005, 'Innovative kinetic and thermodynamic analysis of a purified superactivexylanase from Scopulariopsis sp', Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 120, pp. 51 - 70
, 2005, 'Role of disulfide bridges in the activity and stability of a cold-active alpha-amylase', Journal of Bacteriology, 187, pp. 6206 - 6212
, 2005, 'The active site is the least stable structure in the unfolding pathway of a multidomain cold-adapted alpha-amylase', Journal of Bacteriology, 187, pp. 6197 - 6205
, 2004, 'A novel thermodynamic relationship based on Kramers Theory for study ingenzyme kinetics under high viscosity', IUBMB Life, 56, pp. 403 - 407
, 2004, 'Improved activity and stability of alkaline phosphatases from psychrophilic and mesophilic organisms by chemically modifying aliphatic or amino groups using tetracarboxy-benzophenone derivatives', Cellular and Molecular Biology, 50, pp. 657 - 667
, 2002, 'Coupling of surface carboxyls of carboxymethylcellulase with aniline via chemical modification: Extreme thermostabilization in aqueous and water-miscible organic mixtures', Biotechnology Progress, 18, pp. 276 - 281, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/bp010146h
, 2002, 'Low-temperature extremophiles and their applications', Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 13, pp. 253 - 261
, 2002, 'Thermodynamic activation properties of elongation factor 2 (EF-2) proteins from psychrotolerant and thermophilic Archaea', Extremophiles, 6, pp. 143 - 150