Methanol:Coenzyme M methyltransferase from methanosarcina barkeri purification, properties and encoding genes of the corrinoid protein MT1

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 243, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 670-677

  Sauer, K ^a   Harms, U ^a   Thauer, R K ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corrinoid; Methanogenic archaea; Methanol metabolism; Methanosarcina barkeri; Methyltransferase

Indexed keywords

CORRINOID; METHYLTRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GENE MAPPING; METHANOGENESIS; METHANOSARCINA BARKERI; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ARCHAEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METHANOSARCINA BARKERI;

EID: 0031024751     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.t01-1-00670.x     Document Type: Article

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