How corrinoids are synthesized without oxygen: Nature's first pathway to vitamin B12

Chemistry and Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 659-666

  Santander, Patricio J ^a   Roessner, Charles A ^a   Stolowich, Neal J ^a   Holderman, Marc T ^a   Scott, A Ian ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CbiH methyltransferase; Cobalt precorrin 4; Ring contraction

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS DENITRIFICANS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0031238690     PISSN: 10745521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-5521(97)90221-0     Document Type: Article

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