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. 1987 Dec 16;149(2):455-60.
doi: 10.1016/0006-291x(87)90389-5.

Evidence that the heterodisulfide of coenzyme M and 7-mercaptoheptanoylthreonine phosphate is a product of the methylreductase reaction in Methanobacterium

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Evidence that the heterodisulfide of coenzyme M and 7-mercaptoheptanoylthreonine phosphate is a product of the methylreductase reaction in Methanobacterium

T A Bobik et al. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. .

Abstract

When 7-mercaptoheptanoylthreonine phosphate (HS-HTP) was used as the sole source of electrons for reductive demethylation of 2-(methylthio)-ethanesulfonic acid (CH3-S-CoM) by cell extracts of Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum strain delta H, the heterodisulfide of coenzyme M and HS-HTP (CoM-S-S-HTP) was quantitatively produced: HS-HTP + CH3-S-CoM----CH4 + CoM-S-S-HTP. CH4 and CoM-S-S-HTP were produced stoichiometrically in a ratio of 1:1. Coenzyme M (HS-CoM) inhibited HS-HTP driven methanogenesis indicating that CH3-S-CoM rather than HS-CoM was the substrate for CoM-S-S-HTP formation.

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