Rouvière P E, Wolfe R S
Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois, Urbana 61801.
J Bacteriol. 1989 Sep;171(9):4556-62. doi: 10.1128/jb.171.9.4556-4562.1989.
Component A3 of the methylcoenzyme M methylreductase system of Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum (strain delta H) has been resolved into two fractions. One, named component A3a, was defined as the fraction required along with components A2 and C to produce methane from 2-(methylthio)ethanesulfonate when titanium(III) citrate was used as the sole source of electrons. The second one, named component A3b, was required when H2 and 7-mercapto-N-heptanoyl-O-phospho-L-threonine were provided as the dual source of electrons. Component A3a was a large iron-sulfur protein aggregate (Mr 500,000) and is most likely involved in providing electrons at a low potential for the reductive activation of component C.
嗜热自养甲烷杆菌(菌株δH)的甲基辅酶M甲基还原酶系统的组分A3已被分离成两个部分。其中一个部分命名为组分A3a,被定义为当柠檬酸钛(III)用作唯一电子源时,与组分A2和C一起从2-(甲硫基)乙磺酸盐产生甲烷所需的部分。第二个部分命名为组分A3b,当提供H2和7-巯基-N-庚酰基-O-磷酸-L-苏氨酸作为双电子源时需要该部分。组分A3a是一种大的铁硫蛋白聚集体(Mr 500,000),最有可能参与为组分C的还原活化提供低电位电子。