Buchenau Bärbel, Kahnt Jörg, Heinemann Ilka U, Jahn Dieter, Thauer Rudolf K
Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Karl-von-Frisch-Strasse, D-35043 Marburg, Germany.
J Bacteriol. 2006 Dec;188(24):8666-8. doi: 10.1128/JB.01349-06. Epub 2006 Oct 6.
The methanogenic archaeon Methanosarcina barkeri synthesizes protoheme via precorrin-2, which is formed from uroporphyrinogen III in two consecutive methylation reactions utilizing S-adenosyl-L-methionine. The existence of this pathway, previously exclusively found in the sulfate-reducing delta-proteobacterium Desulfovibrio vulgaris, was demonstrated for M. barkeri via the incorporation of two methyl groups from methionine into protoheme.
产甲烷古菌巴氏甲烷八叠球菌通过前咕啉-2合成原血红素,前咕啉-2由尿卟啉原III利用S-腺苷-L-甲硫氨酸经两个连续的甲基化反应形成。这条先前仅在硫酸盐还原δ-变形菌普通脱硫弧菌中发现的途径,通过将甲硫氨酸中的两个甲基掺入原血红素,在巴氏甲烷八叠球菌中得到了证实。