Characterization of a corrinoid protein involved in the C1 metabolism of strict anaerobic bacterium Moorella thermoacetica

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 167-176

  Das, Amaresh ^a   Fu, Zheng Qing ^a   Tempel, Wolfram ^a,c   Liu, Zhi Jie ^a,b   Chang, Jessie ^a   Chen, Lirong ^a   Lee, Doowon ^a   Zhou, Weihong ^a   Xu, Hao ^a   Shaw, Neil ^b   Rose, John P ^a   Ljungdahl, Lars G ^a   Wang, Bi Cheng ^a  

^a University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corrinoid protein; Methanol metabolism; X ray crystal structure

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A; AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CORRINOID; GENOMIC DNA; METHANOL; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID; METHYLTRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME STRUCTURE; MOORELLA THERMOACETICA; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; WESTERN BLOTTING; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLOSTRIDIUM; CORRINOIDS; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; METHANOL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MOORELLA THERMOACETICA;

EID: 33847350239     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.21094     Document Type: Article

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