Tetramethylammonium:coenzyme M methyltransferase system from Methanococcoides sp.

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 170, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 220-226

  Asakawa, Susumu ^a,b,c   Sauer, Karin ^a,b   Liesack, Werner ^a,b   Thauer, Rudolf K ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR KYUSHU OKINAWA REGION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Corrinoid proteins; Methanococcoides; Methanogenic archaea; Methanosarcina; Methylamine metabolism; Methyltransferases

Indexed keywords

METHYLTRANSFERASE; TETRAMETHYLAMMONIUM; TRIMETHYLAMINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; METHANOSARCINA; METHANOSARCINA BARKERI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

METHANOCOCCOIDES METHYLUTENS;

EID: 0031691338     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050636     Document Type: Article

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