Distribution of tetrahydromethanopterin-dependent enzymes in methylotrophic bacteria and phylogeny of methenyl tetrahydromethanopterin cyclohydrolases

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 5750-5757

  Vorholt, Julia A ^a,b   Chistoserdova, Ludmila ^a   Stolyar, Sergei M ^a   Thauer, Rudolf K ^b   Lidstrom, Mary E ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CARBON DIOXIDE; CELL EXTRACT; FORMALDEHYDE; METHANOPTERIN; RIBULOSE PHOSPHATE; SERINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; GENE SEQUENCE; METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; METHYLOBACTERIUM; METHYLOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM; XANTHOBACTER;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHANOBACTERIUM; METHYLOBACTERIUM EXTORQUENS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PROTEOBACTERIA; XANTHOBACTER;

EID: 0032834938     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.18.5750-5757.1999     Document Type: Article

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