Christmas Lecture:Structural basis for the enzyme adaptation to hypersaline environments. Proteins with a pinch of salt

Life on earth exhibits an enormous adaptive capacity and living organisms can be found even in extreme environments. The halophilic archaea are a group of microorganisms that grow best in highly salted lakes (with KCl concentrations between 2 and 6 molar). To avoid osmotic shock, halophilic archaea have the same ionic strength inside their cells as outside...