The ether-cleaving methyltransferase of the strict anaerobe Acetobacterium dehalogenans: Analysis of the zinc-binding site

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 318, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 131-136

  Studenik, Sandra ^a   Kreher, Sandra ^a   Diekert, Gabriele ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Methyltransferase; O demethylation; Zinc binding

Indexed keywords

CORRINOID; ETHER; METHYLTRANSFERASE; METHYLTRANSFERASE I; O DEMETHYLASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANILLIC ACID; ZINC;

ACETOBACTERIUM; ACETOBACTERIUM DEHALOGENANS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME BINDING; METAL BINDING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; ZINC FINGER MOTIF;

ACETOBACTERIUM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; ETHER, ETHYL; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; ZINC;

ACETOBACTERIUM DEHALOGENANS;

EID: 79953752540     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2011.02251.x     Document Type: Review

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