The active species of 'CO2' utilized by formylmethanofuran dehydrogenase from methanogenic Archaea

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 248, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 919-924

  Vorholt, Julia A ^a   Thauer, Rudolf K ^a,b  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Formylmethanofuran dehydrogenase; Methanofuran; Methanogenesis from CO2; Methanogenic Archaea; Methanosarcina barkeri

Indexed keywords

OXIDOREDUCTASE; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; BICARBONATE; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; FORMYLMETHANOFURAN; FORMYLMETHANOFURAN DEHYDROGENASE; FURAN DERIVATIVE; METHANOFURAN;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; METHANOGENESIS; METHANOSARCINA BARKERI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENZYMOLOGY; KINETICS; METABOLISM; TEMPERATURE;

ARCHAEA; METHANOSARCINA BARKERI;

ALDEHYDE OXIDOREDUCTASES; BICARBONATES; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; FURANS; KINETICS; METHANOSARCINA BARKERI; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0030613533     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.00919.x     Document Type: Article

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