Primary structure of cyclohydrolase (Mch) from Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum (strain Marburg) and functional expression of the mch gene in Escherichia coli

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 236, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 294-300

  Vaupel, M ^a   Dietz, H ^a   Linder, D ^a   Thauer, R K ^a  

^a Terrestrische Mikrobiologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Methanogenic Archaea; Methenyltetrahydromethanopterin cyclohydrolase; Methionine synthase; Serine Hydroxymethylase; Thymidylate synthase

Indexed keywords

METHENYLTETRAHYDROFOLATE CYCLOHYDROLASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; METHANOBACTERIUM THERMOAUTOTROPHICUM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029991181     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.00294.x     Document Type: Article

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