temperature range high
METPO:1000454 · CLASS · REVIEWED
A temperature range phenotype in which the growth-supporting ambient temperature range extends above approximately 40 °C, characteristic of thermophilic physiology.
Temperature-range-high thermophile range
Edge evidence
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thermophile thermostability
enables
temperature range high
RO:0002327Thermophile thermostability enables growth at > 40 °C.
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DOI:10.1128/MMBR.65.1.1-43.2001resistant to irreversible inactivation at high temperatures
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temperature range high
is a
temperature range
rdfs:subClassOfTemperature range high is a quantitative bin of the temperature-range phenotype.
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DOI:10.1016/s0300-9629(97)00003-0adapted to environments of high temperature
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reverse gyrase (TopR/rgy)
introduces
positive DNA supercoiling
Reverse gyrase introduces positive supercoils into DNA.
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DOI:10.1264/jsme2.me23087
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positive DNA supercoiling
limits
DNA melting
RO:0002212Positive DNA supercoiling limits thermal melting of DNA.
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DOI:10.1264/jsme2.me23087
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reverse gyrase (TopR/rgy)
enables
temperature range high
RO:0002327Reverse gyrase activity supports growth at high temperature via genome stabilization.
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DOI:10.1128/mbio.02174-23
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DnaK-DnaJ chaperone
assists
protein folding
DnaK-DnaJ assists ATP-dependent folding of nascent and unfolded proteins.
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DOI:10.1007/s12275-023-00031-x
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GroEL-GroES / HtpG chaperone
assists
protein folding
GroEL-GroES and HtpG assist protein folding under heat stress.
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DOI:10.1007/s12275-023-00031-x
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protein folding
maintains
proteostasis at high temperature
Chaperone-assisted folding maintains proteostasis at high temperature.
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DOI:10.1128/mbio.02174-23
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proteostasis at high temperature
enables
temperature range high
RO:0002327Proteostasis at high temperature supports growth above 40 C.
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DOI:10.1128/mbio.02174-23
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Provenance
- Source
- METPO (2025-11-25)
- Definition source
- DOI:10.1016/s0300-9629(97)00003-0
Parent traits (1)
Synonyms (2)
- Thermophile
- TR_>40
kg-microbe context
Matched 1 kg-microbe node via direct_metpo.
METPO:1000454[-0.542, -0.105, +0.004, +2.753, …]
Nearest neighbors in embedding space
- environment temperature range mid4 0.766
- environment temperature range mid3 0.724
- environment pH range mid2 0.723
- environment pH range low 0.713
- environment temperature range mid1 0.708
- environment pH range mid1 0.698
- environment temperature range mid2 0.696
- environment temperature delta high 0.690
Curation history
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SEEDED_FROM_METPO · seed_from_metpo
imported from data/raw/metpo.owl (CLASS)
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CURATED_CAUSAL_GRAPH · claude
Added DOI-backed definition and causal graph linking thermophile thermostability to the temperature-range-high bin.
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GROUND_CAUSAL_PREDICATES · claude
Grounded 2 causal-edge predicate_id field(s) via mappings/predicate_grounding.tsv (RO:0002327×1, rdfs:subClassOf×1).
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ENRICH_CAUSAL_GRAPH · claude
Added 7 evidence-backed generic edges (7 new nodes) from the deep-research report.
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GROUND_CAUSAL_PREDICATES · claude
Grounded 3 causal-edge predicate_id field(s) via mappings/predicate_grounding.tsv (RO:0002327×2, RO:0002212×1).
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GROUND_CAUSAL_NODES · claude
Grounded 1 causal-node grounding field(s) via mappings/node_grounding.tsv (GO:0006457×1).
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GROUND_CAUSAL_NODES · claude
Grounded 1 causal-node grounding field(s) via mappings/node_grounding.tsv (UniProtKB:A0A0C1PL72×1).