temperature range low

Edge evidence

• psychrotolerant adaptation enables temperature range low RO:0002327

  Psychrotolerant adaptation enables growth across 10–22 °C.

  • DOI:10.1038/sj.embor.7400662 Cold-shock proteins have also been described Supports cold-shock and acclimation responses as the cool-range mechanism.
• temperature range low is a temperature range rdfs:subClassOf

  Temperature range low is a quantitative bin of the temperature-range phenotype.

  • DOI:10.1038/sj.embor.7400662 growing well at temperatures around the freezing point of water Supports the 10–22 °C range as a value within the temperature-range distribution.
• low temperature decreases membrane fluidity RO:0002212

  Low temperature reduces membrane fluidity, triggering compensatory lipid remodeling.

  • DOI:10.1007/s42770-023-01057-4 Cold reduces membrane fluidity; changes in membrane physical state mediate cold sensing.
• fatty acid desaturase activity increases membrane fluidity RO:0002213

  Fatty acid desaturase activity raises unsaturation to restore membrane fluidity at low temperature.

  • DOI:10.37256/amtt.5220244537 Genes for desaturation are upregulated; desaturases enhance membrane fluidity via unsaturated/PUFA synthesis.
• low temperature increases unsaturated fatty acid proportion RO:0002213

  Growth at low temperature increases the proportion of unsaturated fatty acids in membrane lipids.

  • DOI:10.1128/aem.01928-22 Proportion of unsaturated fatty acids was higher in strains cultured at low temperatures while long-chain SFAs decreased.
• cold-shock proteins enables RNA chaperone activity RO:0002327

  Cold-shock proteins act as RNA chaperones supporting translation at low temperature.

  • DOI:10.3389/fmicb.2023.1197797 Cold shock proteins (Csps) can function as RNA chaperones, supporting translation in the cold.
• compatible solutes provides cryoprotection

  Compatible solutes provide cryoprotection by stabilizing membranes and proteins and lowering freezing point.

  • DOI:10.3389/fmicb.2023.1197797 Compatible osmolytes prevent cell shrinkage, lower freezing point, scavenge radicals, and stabilize membranes/proteins.
• GroEL/DnaK molecular chaperones prevents protein misfolding RO:0002212

  GroEL/DnaK chaperones prevent cold-denaturation and protein misfolding at low temperature.

  • DOI:10.37256/amtt.5220244537 Chaperones are upregulated at low temperatures to prevent cold-denaturation and misfolding.