An improved purification procedure for Thermotoga maritima RNA-polymerase holoenzyme was developed. The enzyme is highly active with poly dAT or T7 phage DNA as template. DNA gyrase was found to be a side product of this RNA-polymerase purification. The genes for the large subunits beta and beta' of RNA-polymerase were cloned and sequenced. The phylogenetic position of T.maritima within the bac...

This research aimed to assess the anti-inflammatory and antioxidant potential of methanol extract Wilckia maritima, a plant belonging family Brassicaceae, which is enriched with natural antioxidants. Qualitative phytochemical studies showed presence numerous compounds including glycosides, phenols, triterpenoids, GC-MS revealed 35 bioactive components, n-hexadecanoic acid (26.96%), 9,12,15 octa...

Thermotoga maritima is the most thermophilic eubacterium currently known and grows up to 90 degrees C by a fermentative metabolism in which H2, CO2, and organic acids are end products. It was shown that the production of H2 is catalyzed by a single hydrogenase located in the cytoplasm. The addition of tungsten to the growth medium was found to increase both the cellular concentration of the hyd...

Pyruvate kinases (PK, EC 2.7.1.40) from three hyperthermophilic archaea (Archaeoglobus fulgidus strain 7324, Aeropyrum pernix, and Pyrobaculum aerophilum) and from the hyperthermophilic bacterium Thermotoga maritima were compared with respect to their thermophilic, kinetic, and regulatory properties. PKs from the archaea are 200-kDa homotetramers composed of 50kDa subunits. The enzymes required...

The genus Oxyrrhis is a heterotrophic dinoflagellate found in diverse marine environments. spp. have received attention owing to their ecological and industrial importance, high lipid contents, docosahexaenoic acid formation. To the best of our knowledge, contrary O. marina, ecophysiological characterization studies on maritima not yet been reported. Therefore, we investigated taxonomy ecophysi...

In mesophilic prokaryotes, the DNA-binding protein HU participates in nucleoid organization as well as in regulation of DNA-dependent processes. Little is known about nucleoid organization in thermophilic eubacteria. We show here that HU from the hyperthermophilic eubacterium Thermotoga maritima HU bends DNA and constrains negative DNA supercoils in the presence of topoisomerase I. However, whi...