Hyperthermophilic methanogenic archaea act as high-pressure CH4 cell factories
oleh: Lisa-Maria Mauerhofer, Sara Zwirtmayr, Patricia Pappenreiter, Sébastien Bernacchi, Arne H. Seifert, Barbara Reischl, Tilman Schmider, Ruth-Sophie Taubner, Christian Paulik, Simon K.-M. R. Rittmann
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| Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2021-03-01 |
Deskripsi
Mauerhofer et al. examine 80 species of methanogenic archaea at high pressures and evaluate growth and methane production, identifying Methanotorris igneus and Methanocaldococcoccus jannaschii as high-pressure methane cell factories. They find that high-performance methanogens are covered with an S-layer and harbour the amino acid motif Tyrα444 Glyα445 Tyrα446 in the alpha subunit of the methyl-coenzyme M reductase.