Crystal structure of methyl-coenzyme M reductase: The key enzyme of biological methane formation

Science

Volumn 278, Issue 5342, 1997, Pages 1457-1462

  Ermler, Ulrich ^a   Grabarse, Wolfgang ^a,b   Shima, Seigo ^b   Goubeaud, Marcel ^b   Thauer, Rudolf K ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COENZYME A; ISOENZYME; METHANE; METHYL COENZYME M REDUCTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; METHANOBACTERIUM THERMOAUTOTROPHICUM; METHANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BINDING SITES; CATALYSIS; COENZYMES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DISULFIDES; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN BONDING; LIGANDS; MESNA; METALLOPORPHYRINS; METHANE; METHANOBACTERIUM; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NICKEL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHOSPHOTHREONINE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY;

EID: 0030726657     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.278.5342.1457     Document Type: Article

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