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[ 10 ] suggested that the actual source of oxidative power of Martian soil could be highly redox active oxygen species formed in the atmosphere by ultraviolet (UV) irradiation, and Hunten [ 11 ] examined this hypothesis much earlier.
One possibility is that mutant SOD1 catalyzes abnormal redox reactions, thereby producing toxic reactive oxygen species (ROS) and damaging cellular structures in its vicinity.
It is likely that growth inhibition is attributable to metabolic causes arising from both oxygen delivery and mitochondrial insufficiencies associated with iron deficiency [ 14 ] . The growth data for both the control and iron deficient groups are also similar to that reported for male Wistar rats fed an iron and copper deficient diet [ 15 ] , but the iron deficient rats at 52 days of age were larger than reports of 10 week old Harlan Sprague-Dawley rats fed an AIN-76 iron deficient diet [ 17 ] .
They can act as anti-oxidants (to prevent damage from oxygen radicals), as chaperones (to prevent misfolded proteins from forming aggregates), as antimicrobials (to protect against bacteria and fungi), and as metabolic agents.
Thermoplasma, although facultatively aerobic, respires sulfur rather than oxygen.