Primary structure and properties of the formyltransferase from the mesophilic Methanosarcina barkeri: Comparison with the enzymes from thermophilic and hyperthermophilic methanogens

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 97-105

  Kunow, Jasper ^a   Shima, Seigo ^a   Vorholt, Julia A ^a   Thauer, Rudolf K ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Formyltetrahydrofolate synthase; Formyltransferase; Hyperthermophilic enzymes; Methanogenic Archaea; Methanosarcina barkeri

Indexed keywords

FORMYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME STRUCTURE; METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOSARCINA BARKERI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

EID: 0029947391     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050303     Document Type: Article

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