Publications of R. K. Thauer

Acharya, P., Goenrich, M., Hagemeier, C. H., Demmer, U., Vorholt, J. A., Thauer, R. K. and Ermler, U.: (2005) How an enzyme binds the C-1 carrier tetrahydromethanopterin - Structure of the tetrahydromethanopterin-dependent formaldehyde-aactivating enzyme (Fae) from Methylobacterium extorquens AM1, Journal of Biological Chemistry, 280 (14), pp. 13712–13719.

Acharya, P, Goenrich, M, Hagemeier, CH, Demmer, U, Vorholt, JA, Thauer, R. K. and Ermler, U: (2005) How an enzyme binds the C₁ carrier tetrahydromethanopterin -: Structure of the tetrahydromethanopterin-dependent formaldehyde-aactivating enzyme (Fae) from Methylobacterium extorquens AM1, Journal of Biological Chemistry, Amsterdam, Elsevier, 280 (14), pp. 13712–13719.

Warkentin, E., Hagemeier, C. H., Shima, S., Thauer, R. K. and Ermler, U.: (2005) The structure of F₄₂₀-dependent methylenetetrahydromethanopterin dehydrogenase: a crystallographic 'superstructure' of the selenomethionine-labelled protein crystal structure, Acta Crystallographica Section D - Structural Biology, England, International Union of Crystallography (co-published with Wiley), 61, February, pp. 198–202.

Sakasegawa, S. I., Hagemeier, C. H., Thauer, R. K., Essen, L. O. and Shima, S.: (2004) Structural and functional analysis of the gpsA gene product of Archaeoglobus fulgidus: A glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase with an unusual NADP(+) preference, Protein Science, Hoboken, New Jersey, Vereinigte Staaten, Wiley, 13 (12), pp. 3161–3171.

Lyon, E. J., Shima, S., Boecher, R., Thauer, R. K., Grevels, F. W., Bill, E., Roseboom, W. and Albracht, S. P. J.: (2004) Carbon monoxide as an intrinsic ligand to iron in the active site of the iron-sulfur-cluster-free hydrogenase H₂-Forming methylenetetrahydromethanopterin dehydrogenase as revealed by infrared spectroscopy, The Journal of Organic Chemistry, Washington, D.C., American Chemical Society, 126 (43), pp. 14239–14248.

Buchenau, B. and Thauer, R.: (2004) Tetrahydrofolate-specific enzymes in Methanosarcina barkeri and growth dependence of this methanogenic archaeon on folic acid or p-aminobenzoic acid, Archives of Microbiology, Heidelberg, Springer-Verlag, 182 (4), pp. 313–325.

Seedorf, H., Dreisbach, A., Hedderich, R., Shima, S. and Thauer, R. K.: (2004) F₄₂₀H₂ oxidase (FprA) from Methanobrevibacter arboriphilus, a coenzyme F₄₂₀-dependent enzyme involved in O₂ detoxification, Archives of Microbiology, Heidelberg, Springer-Verlag, 182 (2-3), pp. 126–137.

Goenrich, M., Mahlert, F., Duin, E. C., Bauer, C., Jaun, B. and Thauer, R. K.: (2004) Probing the reactivity of Ni in the active site of methyl-coenzyme M reductase with substrate analogues, Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, Berlin, Springer, 9 (6), pp. 691–705.

Duin, E. C., Signor, L., Piskorski, R., Mahlert, F., Clay, M. D., Goenrich, M., Thauer, R. K., Jaun, B. and Johnson, M. K.: (2004) Spectroscopic investigation of the nickel-containing porphinoid cofactor F₄₃₀. Comparison of the free cofactor in the +1, +2 and +3 oxidation states with the cofactor bound to methyl-coenzyme M reductase in the silent, red and ox forms, Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, Berlin, Springer, 9 (5), pp. 563–576.

Aufhammer, Stephan W., Warkentin, Eberhard, Berk, Holger, Shima, Seigo, Thauer, Rudolf K. and Ermler, Ulrich: (2004) Coenzyme binding in F₄₂₀-dependent secondary alcohol dehydrogenase, a member of the bacterial luciferase family, Structure, London, Cell Press, 12 (3), pp. 361–370.

Lyon, E. J., Shima, S., Buurman, G., Chowdhuri, S., Batschauer, A., Steinbach, K. and Thauer, R. K.: (2004) UV-A/blue-light inactivation of the 'metal-free' hydrogenase (Hmd) from methanogenic archaea - The enzyme contains functional iron after all, European Journal of Biochemistry, Wiley-Blackwell, England, 271 (1), pp. 195–204.

Shima, S., Lyon, E. J., Sordel-Klippert, M. S., Kauss, M., Kahnt, J., Thauer, R. K., Steinbach, K., Xie, X. L., Verdier, L. and Griesinger, C.: (2004) The cofactor of the iron-sulfur cluster free hydrogenase Hmd: Structure of the light-inactivation product, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Weinheim, Wiley-VCH, 43 (19), pp. 2547–2551.

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.

Finazzo, C., Harmer, J., Jaun, B., Duin, E. C., Mahlert, F., Thauer, Rudolf K., Van Doorslaer, S. and Schweiger, A.: (2003) Characterization of the MCR_red2 form of methyl-coenzyme M reductase: a pulse EPR and ENDOR study, Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, Berlin, Springer, 8 (5), pp. 586–593.

Finazzo, C., Harmer, J., Bauer, C., Jaun, B., Duin, E. C., Mahlert, F., Goenrich, M., Thauer, Rudolf K., Van Doorslaer, S. and Schweiger, A.: (2003) Coenzyme B induced coordination of coenzyme M via its thiol group to Ni(I) of F₄₃₀ in active methyl-coenzyme M reductase, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, American Chemical Society, 125 (17), pp. 4988–4989.

Thauer, R. K.: (2003) Structure and function of the nickel enzyme methyl-coenzyme M reductase., Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, 225, March, pp. U56–U56.

Thauer, R. K.: (2003) Structure and function of the nickel enzyme methyl-coenzyme M reductase., Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, 225, March, pp. U56–U56.

Duin, Evert C., Cosper, Nathaniel J., Mahlert, Felix, Thauer, Rudolf K. and Scott, Robert A.: (2003) Coordination and geometry of the nickel atom in active methyl-coenzyme M reductase from Methanothermobacter marburgensis as detected by X-ray absorption spectroscopy, Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, Berlin, Springer, 8 (1-2), pp. 141–148.