N-Carboxymethanofuran (carbamate) formation from methanofuran and CO2 in methanogenic archaea. Thermodynamics and kinetics of the spontaneous reaction

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 267, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 3130-3138

  Bartoschek, Stefan ^a,b   Vorholt, Julia A ^a   Thauer, Rudolf K ^a,d   Geierstanger, Bernhard H ^b,c,e   Griesinger, Christian ^b,c  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^e Novartis Inst for Funct Genomics   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbamate formation; Methane formation from CO2; Methanosarcina barkeri; N carboxymethanofuran; Rate determination via NMR spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CARBAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; FURAN DERIVATIVE;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOBACTERIUM THERMOAUTOTROPHICUM; METHANOGENESIS; METHANOSARCINA BARKERI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALDEHYDE OXIDOREDUCTASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBAMATES; CARBON DIOXIDE; FURANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; METHANE; METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOSARCINA BARKERI; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0034129304     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2000.01331.x     Document Type: Article

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