Thermophiles: biology and technology at high tempertatures/ edited by Frank Robb [et al.].

Part I Overview
1 Introduction

Part II Molecular Basis of Thermostability
2 Compatible solutes of (hyper)thermophiles and their role in protein stabilization
3 Relationships among catalytic activity, structural flexibility, and conformational stability as deduced from the analysis of mesophilic-thermophilic enzyme pairs and protein engineering studies
4 Membranes and transport proteins of thermophilic microorganisms
5 Thermophilic protein-folding systems
6 Physical properties of membranes composed of tetraether archaeal lipids

Part III Heat-Stable Enzymes and Metabolism
7 Glycolysis in hyperthermophiles
8 Industrial relevance of thermophiles and their enzymes
9 Denitrification pathway enzymes of thermophiles

Part IV Genetics of Thermophiles
10 DNA stability and repair
11 Plasmids and cloning vectors for thermophilic archaea
12 Genetic analysis in extremely thermophilic bacteria : an overview
13 Targeted gene disruption as a tool for establishing gene function in hyperthermophilic archaea
14 Nanobiotechnological potential of viruses of hyperthermophilic archaea

Part V Minimal Complexity Model Systems
15 Master keys to DNA replication, repair, and recombination from the structural biology of enzymes from thermophiles
16 DNA replication in thermophiles
17 DNA-binding proteins and DNA topology
18 Structure and evolution of the Thermus thermophilus ribosome
19 Protein phosphorylation at 80°C and above
20 Archaeal 20S proteasome: a simple and thermostable model system for the core particle