Publications of S. Shima

Krüger, M., Meyerdierks, A., Glockner, F. O., Amann, R., Widdel, F., Kube, M., Reinhardt, R., Kahnt, R., Böcher, R., Thauer, R. K. and Shima, S.: (2003) A conspicuous nickel protein in microbial mats that oxidize methane anaerobically, Nature, London, Nature Publishing Group, 426 (6968), pp. 878–881.

Hagemeier, C. H., Shima, S., Thauer, R. K., Bourenkov, G., Bartunik, H. D. and Ermler, U.: (2003) Coenzyme F-420-dependent methylenetetrahydro-methanopterin dehydrogenase (Mtd) from Methanopyrus kandleri: A methanogenic enzyme with an unusual quarternary structure, Journal of Molecular Biology, 332 (5), pp. 1047–1057.

Hagemeier, C. H., Shima, S., Warkentin, E., Thauer, R. K. and Ermler, U.: (2003) Coenzyme F₄₂₀-dependent methylenetetrahydromethanopterin de­hydrogenase from Methanopyrus kandleri: the selenome­thionine-labelled and non-labelled enzyme crystallized in two different forms, Acta Crystallographica Section D - Structural Biology, England, International Union of Crystallography (co-published with Wiley), 59, September, pp. 1653–1655.

Mamat, B., Roth, A., Grimm, C., Ermler, U., Tziatzios, C., Schubert, D., Thauer, Rudolf K. and Shima, S.: (2002) Crystal structures and enzymatic properties of three formyltransferases from archaea: Environmental adaptation and evolutionary relationship, Protein Science, Hoboken, New Jersey, Vereinigte Staaten, Wiley, 11 (9), pp. 2168–2178.

Warkentin, Eberhard, Mamat, Björn, Sordel-Klippert, Melanie, Wicke, Michaela, Thauer, Rudolf K., Iwata, Momi, Iwata, So, Ermler, Ulrich and Shima, Seigo: (2001) Structures of F₄₂₀H²:NADP⁺ oxidoreductase with and without its substrates bound, The EMBO Journal, Nature Publishing Group, 20 (23), pp. 6561–6569.

Grabarse, Wolfgang, Mahlert, Felix, Duin, Evert C., Goubeaud, Marcel, Shima, Seigo, Thauer, Rudolf K., Lamzin, Victor and Ermler, Ulrich: (2001) On the mechanism of biological methane formation: structural evidence for conformational changes in methyl-coenzyme M reductase upon substrate binding, Journal of Molecular Biology (London), London, Academic Press, 309 (1), pp. 315–330.

Shima, Seigo, Sordel-Klippert, M, Brioukhanov, A, Netrusov, A, Linder, D and Thauer, Rudolf K.: (2001) Characterization of a heme-dependent catalase from Methanobrevibacter arboriphilus, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, American Society for Microbiology (ASM), 67 (7), pp. 3041–3045.

Shima, Seigo and Thauer, Rudolf K.: (2001) Tetrahydromethanopterin-specific enzymes from Methanopyrus kandleri, HYPERTHERMOPHILIC ENZYMES, PT B, (Methods inEnzymology, 331), pp. 317–353.

Grabarse, Wolfgang, Mahlert, Felix, Shima, Seigo, Thauer, Rudolf K. and Ermler, Ulrich: (2000) Comparison of three methyl-coenzyme M reductases from phylogenetically distant organisms: unusual amino acid modification, conservation and adaptation, Journal of Molecular Biology (London), London, Academic Press, 303 (2), pp. 329–344.

Buurmann, Gerrit, Shima, Seigo and Thauer, Rudolf K.: (2000) The metal-free hydrogenase from methanogenic archaea: evidence for a bound cofactor, FEBS Letters, Amsterdam, Elsevier, 485 (2-3), pp. 200–204.

Shima, Seigo, Warkentin, Eberhard, Grabarse, Wolfgang, Sordel, Melanie, Wicke, M., Thauer, Rudolf K. and Ermler, Ulrich: (2000) Structure of coenzyme F₄₂₀ dependent methylenetetrahydromethanopterin reductase from two methanogenic archaea, Journal of Molecular Biology (London), London, Academic Press, 300 (4), pp. 935–950.

Selmer, Thorsten, Kahnt, Jörg, Goubeaud, Marcel, Shima, Seigo, Grabarse, Wolfgang, Ermler, Ulrich and Thauer, Rudolf K.: (2000) The Biosynthesis of Methylated Amino Acids in the Active Site Region of Methyl-coenzyme M Reductase, The Journal of Biological Chemistry, Baltimore, etc., American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology [etc.], 275 (6), pp. 3755–3760.

Brioukhanov, A, Netrusov, A, Sordel, M, Thauer, RK and Shima, S.: (2000) Protection of Methanosarcina barkeri against oxidative stress: identification and characterization of an iron superoxide dismutase, Archives of Microbiology, Heidelberg, Springer-Verlag, 174 (3), pp. 213–216.

Shima, S., Thauer, R. K., Ermler, U, Durchschlag, H, Tziatzios, C and Schubert, D: (2000) 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, Wiley-Blackwell, England, 267 (22), pp. 6619–6623.

Grabarse, Wolfgang, Vaupel, Martin , Vorholt, Julia A., Shima, Seigo, Thauer, Rudolf K., Wittershagen, Axel, Bourenkov, Gleb, Bartunik, Hans D. and Ermler, Ulrich: (1999) The crystal structure of methenyltetrahydromethanopterin cyclohydrolase from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Methanopyrus kandleri, Structure, London, Cell Press, 7 (10), pp. 1257–1268.

Shima, Seigo, Netrusov, A, Sordel, M, Wicke, M, Hartmann, GC and Thauer, Rudolf K.: (1999) Purification, characterization, and primary structure of a monofunctional catalase from Methanosarcina barkeri, Archives of Microbiology, Heidelberg, Springer-Verlag, 171 (5), pp. 317–323.

Shima, Seigo, Tziatzios, Christos, Schubert, Dieter, Fukada, Harumi, Takahashi, Katsutada , Ermler, Ulrich and Thauer, Rudolf K.: (1998) 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, Wiley-Blackwell, England, 258 (1), pp. 85–92.

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

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

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