Purification and characterization of dimethylamine: 5- hydroxybenzimidazolyl-cobamide methyltransferase from Methanosarcina barkeri Fusaro

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 253, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 692-697

  Wassenaar, Roel W ^a   Keltjens, Jan T ^a   Van Der Drift, Chris ^a   Vogels, Godfried D ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Corrinoid protein; Dimethylamine; Methanogenesis; Methanosarcina barkeri; Methyltransferase

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYBENZIMIDAZOLYLCOBAMIDE METHYLTRANSFERASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; DIMETHYLAMINE; MESNA; METHYLTRANSFERASE ACTIVATING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL FRACTIONATION; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOSARCINA BARKERI; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOICHIOMETRY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOSARCINA; METHANOSARCINA BARKERI; METHANOSARCINA BARKERI STR. FUSARO; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032080258     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1998.2530692.x     Document Type: Article

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