On the Mechanism of Biological Methane Formation: Structural Evidence for Conformational Changes in Methyl-Coenzyme M Reductase Upon Substrate Binding
Grabarse, W., Mahlert, F., Duin, E.C., Goubeaud, M., Shima, S., Thauer, R.K., Lamzin, V., Ermler, U.(2001) J Mol Biol 309: 315
- PubMed: 11491299 
- DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2001.4647
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1HBM, 1HBN, 1HBO, 1HBU - PubMed Abstract: 
Methyl-coenzyme M reductase (MCR) catalyzes the final reaction of the energy conserving pathway of methanogenic archaea in which methylcoenzyme M and coenzyme B are converted to methane and the heterodisulfide CoM-S-S-CoB. It operates under strictly anaerobic conditions and contains the nickel porphinoid F430 which is present in the nickel (I) oxidation state in the active enzyme ...