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GlacIER: Glaciozyma antarctica Integrated Exploration Resource

GlacIER previously known as GanDB, stores the information of proteins found in G. antarctica. The annotation displays in GlacIER is based on experimental and in silico approach.

Taxonomy of G. antarctica:

Kingdom: Fungi Subkingdom: Dikarya Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Pucciniomycotina Order: Microbotryomycetes Family: Microbotryomycetes incertae sedis Genus: Glaciozyma Scientific Name: Glaciozyma antarctica

Collaboration

1. Malaysia Genome Institute


2. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia


3. Universiti Sains Malaysia


4. Universiti Teknologi Malaysia


5. Universiti Malaysia Sabah

Database Release:

1. GanDB v1.0: released on 16th Mac 2012


2. GanDB v1.1: released on 11th June 2012


3. GanDB v1.2: released on 6th June 2015


4. GanDB v2.0: released on 9th September 2017


5. GlacIER v1.0: released on 20th October 2020

Data Release Statement

This sequencing consortium plans on publishing the completed and annotated sequences in a peer-reviewed journal as soon as possible. Permission of the principal investigator(s) should be obtained before publishing analyses of the sequences/proteins/genes on a scaffold or genome scale.

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Publication

1. Firdaus-Raih M, Hashim NHF, Bharudin I, Abu Bakar MF, Huang KK, Alias H, Lee BKB, Mat Isa MN, Mat-Sharani S, Sulaiman S, Tay LJ, Zolkefli R, Muhammad Noor Y, Law DSN, Abdul Rahmann SH, Md-Illias R, Abu Bakar FD, Najimudin N, Abdul Murad AM, Mahadi NM. (2018). The Glaciozyma antarctica genome reveals an array of systems that provide sustained responses towards temperature variations in a persistently cold habitat. PLOS ONE. 13(1): e0189947. [Link]


2. Ramli AN, Mahadi NM, Rabu A, Murad AM, Bakar FD and Illias RM, (2011). Molecular cloning, expression and biochemical characterisation of a cold-adapted novel recombinant chitinase from Glaciozyma antarctica PI12. Microbial Cell Factories. 10(1):94. [Link]


3. Ramli AN, Mahadi NM, Shamsir MS, Rabu A, Joyce-Tan KH, Murad AM and Illias RM, (2012). Structural prediction of a novel chitinase from the psychrophilic Glaciozyma antarctica PI12 and an analysis of its structural properties and function. Journal of Computer-Aided Molecular Design. 1-15. [Link]


4. Alias, N., Ahmad Mazian, M., Salleh, A.B., Basri, M., and Rahman, R.N. (2014) Molecular Cloning and Optimization for High Level Expression of Cold-Adapted Serine Protease from Antarctic Yeast Glaciozyma antarctica PI12. Enzyme Research . 1-15. [Link]


5. Hashim, N.H., Bharudin, I., Nguong, D.L., Higa, S., Bakar, F.D., Nathan, S., Rabu, A., Kawahara, H., Illias, R.M., Najimudin, N., Mahadi, N.M., and Murad, A.M. (2013) Characterization of Afp1, an antifreeze protein from the psychrophilic yeast Glaciozyma antarctica PI12.Extremophiles . 117(1):63-73. [Link]


6. Jaafar, N.R., Littler, D., Beddoe, T., Rossjohn, J., Illias, R.M., Mahadi, N.M., Mackeen, M.M., Murad, A.M., and Abu Bakar, F.D. (2016) Crystal structure of fuculose aldolase from the Antarctic psychrophilic yeast Glaciozyma antarctica PI12.Acta Crystallographica. Section F, Structural Biology Communications . 72(11):831-839. [Link]


7. Yusof, N.A., Hashim, N.H., Beddoe, T., Mahadi, N.M., Illias, R.M., Bakar, F.D., and Murad, A.M. (2016) Thermotolerance and molecular chaperone function of an SGT1-like protein from the psychrophilic yeast, Glaciozyma antarctica. Cell Stress Chaperones. 21(4):707-715. [Link]

Citing GlacIER

GlacIERproject. "Glaciozyma antarctica Integrated Exploration Resource" http://www.mgi-nibm.my/glaciozyma_antarctica/v2 (date of message or visit).

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Links

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Acknowledgement

We acknowledge support given by the Australian Antarctic Division and the Malaysian Antarctic Research Programme (MARP) of the Malaysian Academy of Sciences.

Researchers

1. Prof. Emeritus Dr. Nor Muhamamad Mahadi
2. Assoc. Prof Dr. Abdul Munir Abdul Murad
3. Mohd Noor Mat Isa
4. Prof. Dr. Mohd Nazalan Mohd Najimudin
5. Prof. Dr. Rosli Md. Illias
6. Prof. Dr. Clemente Michael Wong
7. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Firdaus Mohd Raih
8. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Farah Diba Abu Bakar
9. Dr. Khairina Tajul Arifin
10. Dr. Amir Rabu
11. Dr. Douglas Law Sie Nguong
12. Dr. Noor Haza Fazlin
13. Dr. Izwan Bharudin
14. Dr. Nurul Hidayah Samsulrizal
15. Dr. Nur Athirah Yusof
16. Dr. Nardiah Rizwana Jaafar
17. Dr. Nik Yusnoraini Yusof
18. Halimah Alias
19. Mohd Faizal Abu Bakar
20. Mohd Khairi Mohd Nizar
21. Nurul Huda Sapee
22. Radziah Zolkefli
23. Tay Lih Jinq
24. Shuhaila Mat Sharani
25. Suhaila Sulaiman
26. Siti Aisyah Zakaria
27. Huang Kie Kyon
28. Mahzan Md Tab
29. Yusuf Muhammad Noor
30. Siti Hamidah Abd Rahman
31. Amelia Zamri
32. Fauziah Hanim Shaarani
33. Akzam Saidin
34. Govindaraj Sowmiya
35. Vivien Junker

Database developers & curators

1. Suhaila Sulaiman
2. Shuhaila Mat Sharani
3. Mohd Faizal Abu Bakar

Financial support

This work was supported by the Genomics and Molecular Biology Initiatives Programme of the Malaysia Genome Institute, MOSTI, Malaysia (grant number 07-05-MGI-GMB014).

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