A polyferredoxin with eight [4Fe-4S] clusters as a subunit of molybdenum formylmethanofuran dehydrogenase from Methanosarcina barkeri

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 236, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 309-317

  Vorholt, J A ^a   Vaupel, M ^a   Thauer, R K ^a  

^a Terrestrische Mikrobiologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Iron sulfur proteins; Methanogenic Archaea; Methanosarcina; Molybdenum enzymes; Molybdopterin

Indexed keywords

HYBRID PROTEIN; MOLYBDENUM FORMYLMETHANOFURAN DEHYDROGENASE; MOLYBDENUM IRON PROTEIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUSION; METHANOGENESIS; METHANOSARCINA BARKERI; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

EID: 0029915852     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.t01-1-00309.x     Document Type: Article

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