Proteins from Archaea, Proteins for an Extreme Life

Call for Papers

The Archaea are known for their adaptation to some of the most hostile environments on Earth. The special properties that permit to develop and grow in extreme environment such as temperature, high salinity, pressure, and pH imply in several cases special properties of the proteins in comparison to bacteria and eucarya counterparts; in other cases the adaptation to this extreme environment is due to changes in metabolic pathways, which are enabled by the presence of unique enzymes. These facts make the investigation of Archaea organisms and their proteins very attractive. Aside from the implicit value that these proteins have in biotechnological processes due to the high interest of industries in finding new and more robust enzymes for catalysis, the presence of different metabolic pathways implies the presence of alternative enzymes applicable to the synthesis of novel chemical molecules.

We invite authors to submit original research and review articles on proteins from Archaea. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

• Isolation, purification, and characterization of proteins from Archaea
• Cloning and expression of proteins from Archaea
• Proteomic from Archaea
• Enzyme kinetic from Archaea enzymes
• Modification of catalytic properties of Archaea enzymes
• Novel technologies for biotechnological applications using proteins from Archaea
• Immobilization of protein form Archaea
• Structural and dynamic properties of proteins from Archaea
• Modeling, design, and computing studies of proteins (protein-protein interaction, docking, etc.)

Before submission authors should carefully read over the journal's Author Guidelines, which are located at http://www.hindawi.com/journals/arch/guidelines/. Prospective authors should submit an electronic copy of their complete manuscript through the journal Manuscript Tracking System at http://mts.hindawi.com/ according to the following timetable:

Lead Guest Editor

• Juan Ferrer, Departamento de Agroquímica y Bioquímica, Divisiòn de Bioquímica, Facultad de Ciencias, Ap. 99, 03080 Alicante, Spain

Guest Editors

• María José Bonete, Divisiòn de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Alicante, Ap. 99, 03080 Alicante, Spain
• Francesca Paradisi, School of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Centre for Synthesis and Chemical Biology, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland