O-demethylase from Acetobacteriurn dehalogenans: Cloning, sequencing, and active expression of the gene encoding the corrinoid protein

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 257, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 515-521

  Kaufmann, Franz ^a   Wohlfarth, Gert ^a   Diekert, Gabriele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acetobacterium dehalogenans; Corrinoid protein; Ether cleavage; Methyltransferase; O demethylase

Indexed keywords

APOPROTEIN; BACTERIAL ENZYME; COBALAMIN; CORRINOID; DNA; HISTIDINE; HYDROXOCOBALAMIN; MECOBALAMIN; METHANOL; METHIONINE SYNTHASE; METHYL GROUP; METHYLAMINE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; O DEMETHYLASE; TETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID; TITANIUM DERIVATIVE; VANILLIC ACID; BACTERIAL DNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ACETOBACTER; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; METHANOGENESIS; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ACETOBACTER; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDOREDUCTASES, O-DEMETHYLATING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0032531436     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1998.2570515.x     Document Type: Article

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