Identification and characterization of arsenite methyltransferase from an archaeon, methanosarcina acetivorans C2A

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 21, 2014, Pages 12706-12713

  Wang, Pei Pei ^a,b   Sun, Guo Xin ^a   Zhu, Yong Guan ^a,c  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATION; AMINO ACIDS; ARSENIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METHYLATION; TOXICITY;

BIOLOGICAL PROCESS; DITHIOTHREITOL; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; METHANOSARCINA ACETIVORANS; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR PATHWAYS; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TOXIC CONTAMINANTS;

MICROORGANISMS;

ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; ARSENITE METHYLTRANSFERASE; CYSTEINE; DITHIOTHREITOL; GLUTATHIONE; HOMOCYSTEINE; MESNA; METHYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ARSENIC; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

AMINO ACID; ARSENITE; BACTERIUM; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; POLLUTANT; TOXICITY; VOLATILIZATION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME MECHANISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; METHANOSARCINA ACETIVORANS; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; VOLATILIZATION; ARCHAEAL GENE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DRUG INACTIVATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHANOSARCINA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ARCHAEA; METHANOSARCINA ACETIVORANS;

ARSENIC; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CYSTEINE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, ARCHAEAL; GLUTATHIONE; INACTIVATION, METABOLIC; METHANOSARCINA; METHYLATION; METHYLTRANSFERASES; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 84908577730     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es503869k     Document Type: Article

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