The crystal structure of methenyltetrahydromethanopterin cyclohydrolase from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Methanopyrus kandleri

Structure

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1257-1268

  Grabarse, Wolfgang ^a,b   Vaupel, Martin ^a   Vorholt, Julia A ^a   Shima, Seigo ^a   Thauer, Rudolf K ^a   Wittershagen, Axel ^c   Bourenkov, Gleb ^d   Bartunik, Hans D ^d   Ermler, Ulrich ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Germany)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK UNIT FOR STRUCTURAL MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Halophilic enzyme; Hyperthermophilic enzyme; Methanogenic archaea; Methanopyrus kandleri; Methenyltetrahydromethanopterin cyclohydrolase

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; HYDROLASE;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHANOPYRUS KANDLERI;

EID: 0033570116     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-2126(00)80059-3     Document Type: Article

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