Heterodisulfide reductase from methanol-grown cells of Methanosarcina barkeri is not a flavoenzyme

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 244, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 226-234

  Künkel, Andreas ^a   Vaupel, Martin ^a   Heim, Steffen ^a   Thauer, Rudolf K ^a   Hedderich, Reiner ^a,b  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

b type cytochrome; Disulfide reductase; Ferredoxin:thioredoxin reductase; Heterodisulfide reductase; Iron sulfur protein; Methanogenic Archaea; Methanosarcina barkeri

Indexed keywords

OXIDOREDUCTASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; METHANOSARCINA BARKERI; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031055712     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.00226.x     Document Type: Article

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