Purification, properties and primary structure of H2-forming N5,N10-methylenetetrahydromethanopterin dehydrogenase from Methanococcus thermolithotrophicus

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 165, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 187-193

  Hartmann, Gudrun C ^a,b   Klein, Andreas R ^a,b   Linder, Monica ^a,b,c   Thauer, Rudolf K ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Archaea; H2 Forming dehydrogenase; Hydrogenases; Methane formation; Methanococcus; N5,N10 Methylenetetrahydromethanopterin

Indexed keywords

HYDROGENASE; RIBOSOME RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; METHANOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENES, BACTERIAL; HYDROGEN; ISOELECTRIC POINT; KINETICS; METHANOCOCCUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OXIDOREDUCTASES ACTING ON CH-NH GROUP DONORS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ACHAEA; ARCHAEA; METHANOBACTERIALES; METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOCOCCALES; METHANOCOCCUS; METHANOPYRALES; METHANOPYRUS KANDLERI; METHANOTHERMOBACTER THERMAUTOTROPHICUS; METHANOTHERMOCOCCUS THERMOLITHOTROPHICUS;

EID: 0029869181     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf01692860     Document Type: Article

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