Identification of the active site histidine in the corrinoid protein MtrA of the energy-conserving methyltransferase complex from Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 250, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 783-788

  Harms, Ulrike ^a   Thauer, Rudolf K ^a,b  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cobalamin; Corrinoid; Energy conservation; Methanogenic Archaea; Methyltransferase; Sodium ion translocation

Indexed keywords

COBALAMIN; CORRINOID; HISTIDINE; METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ION TRANSPORT; METHANOBACTERIUM THERMOAUTOTROPHICUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOCALDOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; METHANOCOCCUS; METHANOPYRUS KANDLERI; METHANOSARCINA BARKERI; METHANOTHERMOBACTER THERMAUTOTROPHICUS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031574070     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.00783.x     Document Type: Article

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