Isolation of O-demethylase, an ether-cleaving enzyme system of the homoacetogenic strain MC

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 136-142

  Kaufmann, Franz ^a   Wohlfarth, Gert ^a   Diekert, Gabriele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corrinoid protein; Ether cleavage; Hydrogenase; Methyltransferase; O demethylase; Strain MC; Tetrahydrofolate

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CORRINOID; ETHER; HYDROGENASE; LIGNIN; METHYLTRANSFERASE; O DEMETHYLASE; TETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; METHYLOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; WOOD;

ACETIC ACID; ANISOLES; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARBON DIOXIDE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HYDROGEN; LIGNIN; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; OXIDOREDUCTASES, O-DEMETHYLATING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TETRAHYDROFOLATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0030851321     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050479     Document Type: Article

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