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SUBMITTER: Maupin-Furlow JA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6211008 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) 20180920 10
Methionine sulfoxide reductases are found in all domains of life and are important in reversing the oxidative damage of the free and protein forms of methionine, a sulfur containing amino acid particularly sensitive to reactive oxygen species (ROS). Archaea are microbes of a domain of life distinct from bacteria and eukaryotes. Archaea are well known for their ability to withstand harsh environmental conditions that range from habitats of high ROS, such as hypersaline lakes of intense ultraviole ...[more]