Genetic, physiological and biochemical characterization of multiple methanol methyltransferase isozymes in Methanosarcina acetivorans C2A

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1183-1194

  Pritchett, Matthew A ^a,b   Metcalf, William W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMETHYL 5 HYDROXYBENZIMIDAZOLYLCOBAMIDE:2 MERCAPTOETHANESULFONIC ACID METHYLTRANSFERASE; CORRINOID; CORRINOID CONTAINING METHYL ACCEPTING PROTEIN; ISOENZYME; METHANOL; METHANOL:5 HYDROXYBENZIMIDAZOLYLCOBAMIDE METHYLTRANSFERASE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN MTACB1; PROTEIN MTACB2; PROTEIN MTACB3; TRIMETHYLAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CATABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DELETION MUTANT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENE DELETION; METHANOSARCINA ACETIVORANS; MTAA GENE; MTAB GENE; MTAC GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

ACETIC ACID; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; DNA, ARCHAEAL; GENE DELETION; GENES, ARCHAEAL; ISOENZYMES; METHANOL; METHANOSARCINA; METHYLAMINES; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

METHANOSARCINA; METHANOSARCINA ACETIVORANS;

EID: 19944424477     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.04616.x     Document Type: Article

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