TY - JOUR AU - Dobri, Nicoleta AU - Candelori, Annalisa AU - Ricci, Francesca AU - Luporini, Pierangelo AU - Vallesi, Adriana PY - 2014 DA - 2014/11/25 TI - Evidence for methionine-sulfoxide-reductase gene transfer from Alphaproteobacteria to the transcriptionally active (macro)nucleus of the ciliate, Euplotes raikovi JO - BMC Microbiology SP - 288 VL - 14 IS - 1 AB - Deleterious phenomena of protein oxidation affect every aerobic organism and methionine residues are their elective targets. The reduction of methionine sulfoxides back to methionines is catalyzed by methionine-sulfoxide reductases (Msrs), enzymes which are particularly active in microorganisms because of their unique nature of individual cells directly exposed to environmental oxidation. SN - 1471-2180 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-014-0288-1 DO - 10.1186/s12866-014-0288-1 ID - Dobri2014 ER -