Publications of S. Shima

Shima, S.; Thauer, R. K.; Ermler, U.; Durchschlag, H.; Tziatzios, C.; Schubert, D.: A mutation affecting the association equilibrium of formyltransferase from the hyperthermophilic Methanopyrus kandleri and its influence on the enzyme's activity and thermostability. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 267 (22), pp. 6619 - 6623 (2000)

Grabarse, W.; Vaupel, M.; Vorholt, J. A.; Shima, S.; Thauer, R. K.; Wittershagen, A.; Bourenkov, G.; Bartunik, H. D.; Ermler, U.: The crystal structure of methenyltetrahydromethanopterin cyclohydrolase from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Methanopyrus kandleri. Structure 7 (10), pp. 1257 - 1268 (1999)

Shima, S.; Netrusov, A.; Sordel, M.; Wicke, M.; Hartmann, G.; Thauer, R. K.: Purification, characterization, and primary structure of a monofunctional catalase from Methanosarcina barkeri. Archives of Microbiology 171 (5), pp. 317 - 323 (1999)

Ermler, U.; Grabarse, W.; Shima, S.; Goubeaud, M.; Thauer, R. K.: Active sites of transition-metal enzymes with a focus on nickel. Current Opinion in Structural Biology 8 (6), pp. 749 - 758 (1998)

Shima, S.; Tziatzios, C.; Schubert, D.; Fukada, H.; Takahashi, K.; Ermler, U.; Thauer, R. K.: Lyotropic‐salt‐induced changes in monomer/dimer/tetramer association equilibrium of formyltransferase from the hyperthermophilic Methanopyrus kandleri in relation to the activity and thermostability of the enzyme. European Journal of Biochemistry 258 (1), pp. 85 - 92 (1998)

Shima, S.: Unique structures of the enzymes from methanogens. Seibutsu-Kogaku Kaishi (76), 353 (1998)

Shima, S.: [Mechanism of biological methane formation structure and function of methyl-coenzyme M reductase]. Protein, Nucleic acid and Enzyme (43), pp. 1461 - 1467 (1998)

Shima, S.; Herault, D.; Berkessel, A.; Thauer, R. K.: Activation and thermostabilization effects of cyclic 2,3-diphosphoglycerate on enzymes from the hyperthermophilic Methanopyrus kandleri. ARCHIVES OF MICROBIOLOGY 170 (6), pp. 469 - 472 (1998)

Ermler, U.; Grabarse, W.; Shima, S.; Goubeaud, M.; Thauer, R. K.: Crystal structure of methyl-coenzyme M reductase: the key enzyme of biological methane formation. Science 278 (5342), pp. 1457 - 1462 (1997)

Ermler, U.; Merckel, M. C.; Thauer, R. K.; Shima, S.: Formylmethanofuran: tetrahydromethanopterin formyltransferase from Methanopyrus kandleri — new insights into salt-dependence and thermostability. Structure 5 (5), pp. 635 - 646 (1997)

Shima, S.; Goubeaud, M.; Vinzenz, D.; Thauer, R. K.; Ermler, U.: Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction studies of methyl-coenzyme M reductase from methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum. Journal of Biochemistry 121 (5), pp. 829 - 830 (1997)

Shima, S.; Thauer, R. K.; Michel, H.; Ermler, U.: Crystallization and preliminary X‐ray diffraction studies of formylmethanofuran: Tetrahydromethanopterin formyltransferase from Methanopyrus kandleri. Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics 26 (1), pp. 118 - 120 (1996)

Kunow, J.; Shima, S.; Vorholt, J. A.; Thauer, R. K.: Primary structure and properties of the formyltransferase from the mesophilic Methanosarcina barkeri: Comparison with the enzymes from thermophilic and hyperthermophilic methanogens. ARCHIVES OF MICROBIOLOGY 165 (2), pp. 97 - 105 (1996)

Shima, S.; Weiss, D.; Thauer, R. K.: FORMYLMETHANOFURAN - TETRAHYDROMETHANOPTERIN FORMYLTRANSFERASE (FTR) FROM THE HYPERTHERMOPHILIC METHANOPYRUS-KANDLERI - CLONING, SEQUENCING AND FUNCTIONAL EXPRESSION OF THE FTR GENE AND ONE-STEP PURIFICATION OF THE ENZYME OVERPRODUCED IN ESCHERICHIA-COLI. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 230 (3), pp. 906 - 913 (1995)

Shima, S.; Yanagi, M.; Saiki, H.: The phylogenetic position of Hydrogenobacter acidophilus based on 16S rRNA sequence analysis. FEMS Microbiology Letters 119 (1-2), pp. 119 - 122 (1994)

Suzuki, K.; Shima, S.: Hydrogenobacter acidophilus: Is its ancestor a missing-link between the Bacteria and the Archaea? RIKEN review (3), pp. 3 - 4 (1993)

Shima, S.: Cellulases of clostridia: genetics and biochemistry. The Heredity (43), pp. 56 - 60 (1993)

Shima, S.; Igarashi, Y.; Kodama, T.: Purification and properties of two truncated endoglucanases produced in Escherichia coli harbouring Clostridium cellulolyticum endoglucanase gene celCCD. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 38 (6), pp. 750 - 754 (1993)

Shima, S.; Suzuki, K.-i.: Hydrogenobacter acidophilus sp. nov., a Thermoacidophilic, Aerobic, Hydrogen-Oxidizing Bacterium Requiring Elemental Sulfur for Growth. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY 43 (4), pp. 703 - 708 (1993)

Shima, S.; IGARASHI, Y.; KODAMA, T.: NUCLEOTIDE-SEQUENCE ANALYSIS OF THE ENDOGLUCANASE-ENCODING GENE, CELCCD, OF CLOSTRIDIUM-CELLULOLYTICUM. GENE 104 (1), pp. 33 - 38 (1991)