Methanol: Coenzyme M methyltransferase from Methanosarcina barkeri. Identification of the active-site histidine in the corrinoid-harboring subunit MtaC by site-directed mutagenesis

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 253, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 698-705

  Sauer, Karin ^a   Thauer, Rudolf K ^a,b  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; COBALAMIN; CORRINOID; MECOBALAMIN; MESNA; METHANOL COENZYME M METHYLTRANSFERASE; METHANOL COENZYME M METHYLTRANSFERASE MTAB; METHANOL COENZYME M METHYLTRANSFERASE MTAC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME RECONSTITUTION; METHANOSARCINA; METHANOSARCINA BARKERI; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; APOPROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CARRIER PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HISTIDINE; ISOENZYMES; KINETICS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; METHANOSARCINA BARKERI; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; METHANOSARCINA BARKERI; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032079887     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1998.2530698.x     Document Type: Article

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