Publications
Publications at the Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology
Review Article (29)
2018
Review Article
Flavin-based electron bifurcation, a new mechanism of biological energy coupling. Chemical Reviews 118 (7), pp. 3862 - 3886 (2018)
Review Article
Flavin-based electron bifurcation, ferredoxin, flavodoxin and anaerobic respiration with protons (Ech) or NAD+ (Rnf) as electron acceptors: A historical review. Frontiers in Microbiology 9, 401, pp. 1 - 24 (2018)
2017
Review Article
Energy in Ancient Metabolism. Cell 168 (6), pp. 953 - 955 (2017)
2015
Review Article
Life under extreme energy limitation: a synthesis of laboratory- and field-based investigations. FEMS Microbiology Reviews 39 (5), pp. 688 - 728 (2015)
Review Article
My Lifelong Passion for Biochemistry and Anaerobic Microorganisms. Annual Review of Microbiology 69, pp. 1 - 30 (2015)
2013
Review Article
Frontiers, opportunities, and challenges in biochemical and chemical catalysis of CO2 fixation. Chemical Reviews 113 (8), pp. 6621 - 6658 (2013)
Review Article
Energy conservation via electron bifurcating ferredoxin reduction and proton/Na+ translocating ferredoxin oxidation. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, Bioenergetics 1827 (2 Sp. Iss. SI), pp. 94 - 113 (2013)
2012
Review Article
The Wolfe cycle comes full circle. PNAS 109 (38), pp. 15084 - 15085 (2012)
Review Article
Bioenergy- Chances and Limits. German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, pp. 1 - 118 (2012)
2011
Review Article
Anaerobic oxidation of methane with sulfate: on the reversibility of the reactions that are catalyzed by enzymes also involved in methanogenesis from CO2. Current Opinion in Microbiology 14 (3 Sp. Iss. SI), pp. 292 - 299 (2011)
all Publications before MPI-TM
Freiburg
Decker, K., Thauer, R.K. und Jungermann, K. (1966) Die Kohlenhydratsynthese in Clostridium kluyveri. I. Isotopenversuche zur Biosynthese der Ribose. Biochem. Z. 345, 461-471.Decker, K., Jungermann, K., Thauer, R.K. and Hunt, S.V. (1967) Net CO2 fixation into the S-methyl group of methionine and into the positions 2 and 8 of the purines in Clostridium kluyveri. Biochem. Biophys. Acta 141, 202-204.
Thauer, R.K., Jungermann, K. and Decker, K. (1967) A quantitative isotope method for regulation studies of aromatic amino acid synthesis under growth conditions. Eur. J. Biochem. 1, 482-486.
Jungermann, K., Thauer, R.K. and Decker, K. (1968) The synthesis of one- carbon units from CO2 in Clostridium kluyveri. Eur. J. Biochem. 3, 351-359.
Jungermann, K., Thauer, R.K., Wenning, J. and Decker, K. (1968) Confirmation of unusual stereochemistry of glutamate biosynthesis in Clostridium kluyveri. FEBS Lett. 1, 74-76.
Thauer, R.K., Jungermann, K., Wenning, J. and Decker, K. (1968) Characterization of crotonate grown Clostridium kluyveri by its assimilatory metabolism. Arch. Mikrobiol. 64, 125-129.
Thauer, R.K., Jungermann, K., Henninger, H., Wenning, J. and Decker, K.
(1968) The energy metabolism of Clostridium kluyveri. Eur. J. Biochem. 4, 173-180.
Jungermann, K., Thauer, R.K., Rupprecht, E., Ohrloff, C. and Decker, K.
(1969) Ferredoxin mediated hydrogen formation from NADPH in a cell-free system of Clostridium kluyveri. FEBS Lett. 3, 144-146.
Jungermann, K., Rupprecht, E., Ohrloff, C., Thauer, R.K. and Decker, K.
(1969) Hydrogen formation from NADH in cell-free extracts of Clostridium kluyveri. Acetyl coenzyme A requirement and ferredoxin dependence. FEBS Lett. 4, 108-112.
Thauer, R.K., Rupprecht, E. and Jungermann, K. (1970) Separation of 14C- formate from CO2 fixation metabolites by isoionic-exchange chromatography. Anal. Biochem. 38, 461-468.
Thauer, R.K., Rupprecht, E. and Jungermann, K. (1970) The synthesis of one-carbon units from CO2 via a new ferredoxin dependent monocarboxylic acid cycle. FEBS Lett. 8, 304-307.
Jungermann, K.A., Schmidt, W., Kirchniawy, F.H., Rupprecht, E.H. and Thauer, R. K. (1970) Glycine formation via threonine and serine aldolase. Its interrelation with the pyruvate formate lyase pathway of one-carbon unit synthesis in Clostridium kluyveri. Eur. J. Biochem. 16, 424-429.
Thauer, R. K., Rupprecht, E. and Jungermann, K. (1970) Glyoxylate inhibition of clostridial pyruvate synthase. FEBS Lett. 9, 271-273.
Jungermann, K., Kirchniawy, H. and Thauer, R. K. (1970) Ferredoxin dependent CO2 reduction to formate in Clostridium pasteurianum. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 41, 682-689.
Thauer, R. K., Rupprecht, E., Ohrloff, C., Jungermann, K. and Decker, K.
(1971) Regulation of the reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate-ferredoxin reductase system in Clostridium kluyveri. J. Biol. Chem. 246, 954-959.
Jungermann, K., Rupprecht, E., Ohrloff, C., Thauer, R. K. and Decker, K.
(1971) Regulation of the reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide- ferredoxin reductase system in Clostridium kluyveri. J. Biol. Chem. 246, 960- 963.
Jungermann, K., Leimenstoll, G., Rupprecht, E. and Thauer, R. K. (1971) Demonstration of NADH-ferredoxin reductase in two saccharolytic clostridia. Arch. Mikrobiol. 80, 370-372.
Thauer, R. K., Kirchniawy, F. H. and Jungermann, K. (1972) Properties and function of the pyruvate-formate-lyase reaction in clostridia. Eur. J. Biochem. 27, 282-290.
Jungermann, K., Thauer, R.K., Leimenstoll, G. and Decker, K. (1973) Function of reduced pyridine nucleotide-ferredoxin oxidoreductase in saccharolytic Clostridia. Biochem. Biophys. Acta 305, 268-280. *
Thauer, R. K., Fuchs, G., Schnitker, U. and Jungermann, K. (1973) CO2 reductase from Clostridium pasteurianum: Molybdenum dependence of synthesis and inactivation by cyanide. FEBS Lett. 38, 45-48.
Cleveland
Thauer, R. K. (1972) CO2-reduction to formate by NADPH. The initial step in the total synthesis of acetate from CO2 in Clostridium thermoaceticum. FEBS Lett. 27, 111-115.Thauer, R. K. (1973) CO2 reduction to formate in Clostridium acidi-urici. J. Bacteriol. 114, 443-444.
Bochum
Thauer, R. K., Käufer, B., Zähringer, M. and Jungermann, K. (1974) The reaction of the iron-sulfur protein hydrogenase with carbon monoxide. Eur. J. Biochem. 42, 447-452.Thauer, R. K., Fuchs, G. and Jungermann, K. (1974) Reduced ferredoxin: CO2 oxidoreductase from Clostridium pasteurianum: its role in formate metabolism. J. Bacteriol. 118, 758-760.
Thauer, R. K., Fuchs, G., Käufer, B. and Schnitker, U. (1974) Carbon- monoxide oxidation in cell-free extracts of Clostridium pasteurianum. Eur. J. Biochem. 45, 343-349.
Jungermann, K., Kirchniawy, H., Katz, N. and Thauer, R. K. (1974) NADH, a physiological electron donor in clostridial nitrogen fixation. FEBS Lett. 43, 203-206.
Fuchs, G., Schnitker, U. and Thauer, R. K. (1974) Carbon monoxide oxidation by growing cultures of Clostridium pasteurianum. Eur. J. Biochem. 49, 111-115.
Thauer, R. K., Käufer, B. and Fuchs, G. (1975) The active species of "CO2" utilized by reduced ferredoxin: CO2 oxidoreductase from Clostridium pasteurianum. Eur. J. Biochem. 55, 111-117.
Thauer, R. K., Fuchs, G. and Käufer, B. (1975) Reduced ferredoxin: CO2 oxidoreductase from Clostridium pasteurianum effect of ligands to transition metals on the activity and the stability of the enzyme. Hoppe Seyler's Z. f. Physiol. Chem. 356, 653-662.
Riebeling, V., Thauer, R. K. and Jungermann, K. (1975) The internal- alkaline pH gradient, sensitive to uncoupler and ATPase inhibitor, in growing Clostridium pasteurianum. Eur. J. Biochem. 55, 445-453.
Thauer, R. K., Käufer, B. and Scherer, P. (1975) The active species of "CO2" utilized in ferredoxin-linked carboxylation reactions. Arch. Microbiol. 104, 237-240.
Hoffmann, D., Thauer, R. K. and Trebst, A. (1977) Photosynthetic hydrogen evolution by spinach chloroplasts coupled to a Clostridium hydrogenase. Z. Naturforsch. 32c, 257-262.
Marburg (Philipps-Universität)
Daniels, L., Fuchs, G., Thauer, R. K. and Zeikus, J. G. (1977) Carbonmonoxide oxidation by methanogenic bacteria. J. Bacteriol. 132, 118-126. *
Zeikus, J. G., Fuchs, G., Kenealy, W. and Thauer, R. K. (1977) Oxidoreductases involved in cell carbon synthesis of Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum. J. Bacteriol. 132, 604-613. *
Badziong, W., Thauer, R. K. and Zeikus, J.G. (1978) Isolation and characterization of Desulfovibrio growing on hydrogen plus sulfate as the sole energy source. Arch. Microbiol. 116, 41-49. *
Fuchs, G., Stupperich, E. and Thauer, R. K. (1978) Acetate assimilation and the synthesis of alanine, aspartate and glutamate in Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum. Arch. Microbiol. 117, 61-66. *
Badziong, W. and Thauer, R. K. (1978) Growth yields and growth rates of Desulfovibrio vulgaris (Marburg) growing on hydrogen plus sulfate and hydrogen plus thiosulfate as the sole energy sources. Arch. Microbiol. 117, 209-214.*
Scherer, P.A. and Thauer, R. K. (1978) Purification and properties of reduced ferredoxin: CO2 oxidoreductase from Clostridium pasteurianum, a molybdenum iron-sulfur-protein. Eur. J. Biochem. 85, 125-135.
Schönheit, P., Wäscher, C. and Thauer, R. K. (1978) A rapid procedure for the purification of ferredoxin from Clostridia using polyethyleneimine. FEBS Lett. 89, 219-222.
Thauer, R. K., Schirrmacher, H., Schymanski, W. and Schönheit, P.
(1978) A rapid procedure for the purification of ferredoxin from spinach using polyethyleneimine. Z. Naturforsch. 33c, 495-497.
Fuchs, G., Stupperich, E. and Thauer, R. K. (1978) Function of fumarate reductase in methanogenic bacteria (Methanobacterium). Arch. Microbiol. 119, 215-218.
Diekert, G. B. and Thauer, R. K. (1978) Carbon monoxide oxidation by Clostridium thermoaceticum and Clostridium formicoaceticum. J. Bacteriol. 136, 597-606.*
Fuchs, G., Thauer, R. K., Ziegler, H. and Stichler, W. (1979) Carbon isotope fractionation by Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum. Arch. Microbiol. 120, 135-139.
Schönheit, P., Brandis, A. and Thauer, R. K. (1979) Ferredoxin degradation in growing Clostridium pasteurianum during periods of iron deprivation. Arch. Microbiol. 120, 73-76.
Diekert, G. B., Graf, E.-G. and Thauer, R. K. (1979) Nickel requirement for carbon monoxide dehydrogenase formation in Clostridium pasteurianum. Arch. Microbiol. 122, 117-120.
Badziong, W., Ditter, B. and Thauer, R. K. (1979) Acetate and carbon dioxide assimilation by Desulfovibrio vulgaris (Marburg), growing on hydrogen and sulfate as sole energy source. Arch. Microbiol. 123, 301-305.
Schönheit, P., Moll, J. and Thauer, R. K. (1979) Nickel, cobalt, and molybdenum requirement for growth of Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum. Arch. Microbiol. 123, 105-107. *
Tewes, F.J. and Thauer, R. K. (1979) Purification and properties of ferredoxin from Ruminococcus albus. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 6, 375-377.
Diekert, G., Klee, B. and Thauer, R. K. (1980) Nickel, a component of factor F430 from Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum. Arch. Microbiol. 124, 103- 106.*
Badziong, W. and Thauer, R. K. (1980) Vectorial electron transport in Desulfovibrio vulgaris (Marburg) growing on hydrogen plus sulfate as sole energy source. Arch. Microbiol. 125, 167-174.
Diekert, G. and Thauer, R. K. (1980) The effect of nickel on carbon monoxide dehydrogenase formation in Clostridium thermoaceticum and Clostridium formicoaceticum. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 7, 187-189.
Schönheit, P., Moll, J. and Thauer, R. K. (1980) Growth parameters (K2, μmax, YS) of Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum. Arch. Microbiol. 127, 59- 65.*
Diekert, G., Weber, B. and Thauer, R. K. (1980) Nickel dependence of factor F430 content in Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum. Arch. Microbiol. 127, 273-278.
Oberlies, G., Fuchs, G., and Thauer, R. K. (1980) Acetate thiokinase and the assimilation of acetate in Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum. Arch. Microbiol. 128, 248-252.
Diekert, G., Gilles, H.-H., Jaenchen, R. and Thauer, R. K. (1980) Incorporation of 8 succinate per mol nickel into factors F430 by Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum. Arch. Microbiol. 128, 256-262.
Schönheit, P. and Thauer, R. K. (1980) L-Alanine, a product of cell wall synthesis in Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 9, 77-80.
Diekert, G., Jaenchen, R. and Thauer, R. K. (1980) Biosynthetic evidence for a nickel tetrapyrrole structure of factor F430 from Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum. FEBS Lett. 119, 118-120.
Brandis, A. and Thauer, R. K. (1981) Growth of Desulfovibrio species on hydrogen and sulphate as sole energy source. J. Gen. Microbiol. 126, 249- 252.
Brandis, A., Thauer, R. K. and Stetter, K. O. (1981) Relatedness of strains DH and Marburg of Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum. Zbl. Bakt. Hyg., I Abt. Orig. C 2, 311-317.*
Diekert, G., Konheiser, U., Piechulla, K. and Thauer, R. K. (1981) Nickel requirement and factor F430 content of methanogenic bacteria. J. Bacteriol.
148, 459-464.*
Jaenchen, R., Diekert, G. and Thauer, R. K. (1981) Incorporation of methionine-derived methyl groups into factor F430 by Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum. FEBS Lett. 130, 133-136.
Jaenchen, R., Gilles, H.-H. and Thauer, R. K. (1981) Inhibition of factor F430 synthesis by levulinic acid in Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 12, 167-170.
Schönheit, P., Keweloh, H. and Thauer, R. K. (1981) Factor F420 degradation in Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum during exposure to oxygen. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 12, 347-349.
Perski, H.-J., Moll, J. and Thauer, R. K. (1981) Sodium dependence of growth and methane formation in Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum. Arch. Microbiol. 130, 319-321.
Graf, E. G. and Thauer, R. K. (1981) Hydrogenase from Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum, a nickel-containing enzyme. FEBS Lett. 136, 165-169.*
Kristjansson, J. K., Schönheit, P. and Thauer, R. K. (1982) Different Ks values for hydrogen of methanogenic bacteria and sulfate reducing bacteria: An explanation for the apparent inhibition of methanogenesis by sulfate. Arch. Microbiol. 131, 278-282.*
Albracht, S. P.J., Graf, E.-G. and Thauer, R. K. (1982) The EPR properties of nickel in hydrogenase from Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum. FEBS Lett. 140, 311-313. *
Pfaltz, A., Jaun, B., Fässler, A., Eschenmoser, A., Jaenchen, R., Gilles, H.-H., Diekert, G. and Thauer, R. K. (1982) Zur Kenntnis des Faktors F430 aus methanogenen Bakterien; Struktur des porphinoiden Ligandsystems. Helv. Chim. Acta 65, 828-865.*
Schönheit, P., Kristjansson, J. K. and Thauer, R. K. (1982) Kinetic mechanism for the ability of sulfate reducers to out-compete methanogens for acetate. Arch. Microbiol. 132, 285-288.*
Perski, H. J., Schönheit, P. and Thauer, R. K. (1982) Sodium dependence of methane formation in methanogenic bacteria. FEBS Lett. 143, 323-326 .
Stupperich, E., Hammel, K. E., Fuchs, G. and Thauer, R. K. (1983) Carbon monoxide fixation into the carboxyl group of acetyl coenzyme A during autotrophic growth of Methanobacterium. FEBS Lett. 152, 21-23.
Gilles, H., Jaenchen, R. and Thauer, R. K. (1983) Biosynthesis of 5- aminolevulinic acid in Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum. Arch. Microbiol. 135, 237-240.
Gilles, H. and Thauer, R. K. (1983) Uroporphyrinogen III, an intermediate in the biosynthesis of the nickel-containing factor F430 in Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum. Eur. J. Biochem. 135, 109-112.
Hüster, R. and Thauer, R. K. (1983) Pyruvate assimilation by Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 19, 207-209. Varma, A., Schönheit, P. and Thauer, R. K. (1983) Electrogenic sodium ion/proton antiport in Desulfovibrio vulgaris. Arch. Microbiol. 136, 69-73.
Conrad, R. and Thauer, R. K. (1983) Carbon monoxide production by Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum. FEMS Mirobiol. Lett. 20, 229-232.
Eikmanns, B., Jaenchen, R. and Thauer, R. K. (1983) Propionate
assimilation by methanogenic bacteria. Arch. Microbiol. 136, 106-110.
Eikmanns, B., Linder, D. and Thauer, R. K. (1983) Unusual pathway of isoleucine biosynthesis in Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum. Arch. Microbiol. 136, 111-113.
Brandis-Heep, A., Gebhardt, N.A., Thauer, R. K., Widdel, F. and Pfennig, N. (1983) Anaerobic acetate oxidation to CO2 by Desulfobacter postgatei. 1. Demonstration of all enzymes required for the operation of the citric acid cycle. Arch. Microbiol. 136, 222-229.
Gebhardt, N.A., Linder, D. and Thauer, R. K. (1983) Anaerobic oxidation of acetate to CO2 by Desulfobacter postgatei. 2. Evidence from 14C-labelling studies for the operation of the citric acid cycle. Arch. Microbiol. 136, 230-233.
Livingston, D. A., Pfaltz, A., Schreiber, J., Eschenmoser, A., Ankel- Fuchs, D., Moll, J., Jaenchen, R. and Thauer, R. K. (1984) Zur Kenntnis des Faktors F430 aus methanogenen Bakterien: Struktur des proteinfreien Faktors. Helv. Chim. Acta 67, 334-351.*
Hammel, K. E., Cornwell, K.L. Diekert, G.B. and Thauer, R. K. (1984) Evidence for a nickel-containing carbon monoxide dehydrogenase in Methanobrevibacter arboriphilicus. J. Bacteriol. 157, 975-978.
Nethe-Jaenchen, R. and Thauer, R. K. (1984) Growth yields and saturation constant of Desulfovibrio vulgaris in chemostat culture. Arch. Microbiol. 137, 236-240.
Jaenchen, R., Schönheit, P. and Thauer, R. K. (1984) Studies on the biosynthesis of coenzyme F420 in methanogenic bacteria. Arch. Microbiol. 137, 362-365.
Eikmanns, B. and Thauer, R. K. (1984) Catalysis of an isotopic exchange between CO2 and the carboxyl group of acetate by Methanosarcina barkeri grown on acetate. Arch. Microbiol. 138, 365-370.
Jansen, K., Thauer, R. K., Widdel, F. and Fuchs, G. (1984) Carbon assimilation pathways in sulfate reducing bacteria. Formate, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, and acetate assimilation by Desulfovibrio baarsii. Arch. Microbiol. 138, 257-262.
Ankel-Fuchs, D., Jaenchen, R., Gebhardt, N. A. and Thauer, R. K. (1984) Functional relationship between protein-bound and free factor F430 in Methanobacterium. Arch. Microbiol. 139, 332-337.
Eikmanns, B., Fuchs, G. and Thauer, R. K. (1985) Formation of carbon monoxide from CO2 and H2 by Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum. Eur. J. Biochem. 146, 149-154.
Gebhardt, N. A., Thauer, R. K., Linder, D., Kaulfers, P. M. and Pfennig, N.
(1985) Mechanism of acetate oxidation to CO2 with elemental sulfur in Desulfuromonas acetoxidans. Arch. Microbiol. 141, 392-398.
Hüster, R., Gilles, H.-H. and Thauer, R .K. (1985) Is coenzyme M bound to factor F430 in methanogenic bacteria? Experiments with Methanobrevibacter ruminantium. Eur. J. Biochem. 148, 107-111.
Pfaltz, A., Livingston, D. A., Jaun, B., Diekert, G., Thauer, R. K. and Eschenmoser, A. (1985). Zur Kenntis des Faktors F430 aus methanogenen Bakterien: Über die Natur der Isolierungsartefakte von F430, ein Beitrag zur Chemie von F430 und zur konformationellen Stereochemie der Ligandperipherie von hydropophinoiden Nickel(II)-Komplexen. Helv. Chim. Acta 68, 1338-1358*.
Eikmanns, B. and Thauer, R. K. (1985) Evidence for the involvement and role of a corrinoid enzyme in methane formation from acetate in Methanosarcina barkeri. Arch. Microbiol. 142, 175-179.
Jansen, K., Fuchs, G. and Thauer, R. K. (1985) Autotrophic CO2 fixation by Desulfovibrio baarsii: demonstration of enzyme activities characteristic for the acetyl-CoA pathway. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 28, 311-315.
Bott, M.H., Eikmanns, B. and Thauer, R.K. (1985) Defective formation and/or utilization of carbon monoxide in H2/CO2 fermenting methanogens dependent on acetate as carbon source. Arch. Microbiol. 143, 266-269.
Diakun, G. P., Piggott, B., Tinton, H.J., Ankel-Fuchs, D. and Thauer, R. K.
(1985) An extended-X-ray-absorption-fine-structure (e.x.a.f.s) study of coenzyme F430 from Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum. Biochem. J. 232, 281-284.
Fässler, A., Kobelt, A., Pfaltz, A., Eschenmoser, A., Bladon, C., Battersby, A. R. und Thauer, R. K. (1985) Factor F430 from methanogenic Bacteria: absolute configuration. Helv. Chim. Acta 68, 2287-2298.
Paulsen, J., Kröger, A. and Thauer, R. K. (1986) ATP-driven succinate oxidation in the catabolism of Desulfuromonas acetoxidans. Arch. Microbiol. 144, 78-83
Albracht, S.P.J., Ankel-Fuchs, D., van der Zwaan, J.W., Fontijn, R. D. and Thauer, R. K. (1986) A new EPR signal of nickel in Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 870, 50-57.
Macy, J. M., Schröder, I., Thauer, R. K. and Kröger, A. (1986) Growth of Wolinella succinogenes on H2S plus fumarate and on formate plus sulfur as energy sources. Arch. Microbiol. 144, 147-150.
Ankel-Fuchs, D. and Thauer, R. K. (1986) Methane formation from methyl- coenzyme M in a system containing methyl-coenzyme M reductase, component B and reduced cobalamin. Eur. J. Biochem. 156, 171-177.
Schauder, R., Eikmanns, B., Thauer, R. K., Widdel, F. and Fuchs, G.
(1986) Acetate oxidation to CO2 in anaerobic bacteria via a novel pathway not involving reactions of the citric acid cycle. Arch. Microbiol. 145, 162-172.*
Bott, M., Eikmanns, B. and Thauer, R. K. (1986) Coupling of carbon monoxide oxidation to CO2 and H2 with the phosphorylation of ADP in acetate- grown Methanosarcina barkeri. Eur. J. Biochem. 159, 393-398.
Friedmann, H. C. and Thauer, R. K. (1986) Ribonuclease-sensitive _d- aminolevulinic acid formation from glutamate in cell extracts of Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum. FEBS Lett. 207, 84-88.
Kräutler, B., Moll, J. and Thauer, R. K. (1987) The corrinoid from Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum (Marburg strain). - Spectroscopic structure analysis and identification as Cob-cyano-5'-hydroxybenzimidazolyl- cobamide (factor III). Eur. J. Biochem. 162, 275-278.
Friedmann, H. C. and Thauer, R. K. (1987) Non-enzymatic ammonia formation from glutamine under growth conditions for Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 40, 179-181.
Laufer, K., Eikmanns, B., Frimmer, U. and Thauer, R. K. (1987) Methanogenesis from acetate by Methanosarcina barkeri: Catalysis of acetate formation from methyliodide, CO2, and H2 by the enzyme system involved. Z. Naturforsch. 42c, 360-372.
Ankel-Fuchs, D., Böcher, R., Thauer, R. K., Noll, K. M. and Wolfe, R. S.
(1987) 7-Mercaptoheptanoylthreonine phosphate functions as component B in ATP-independent methane formation from methyl-CoM with reduced cobalamin as electron donor. FEBS Lett. 213, 123-127.
Wolfe, R. S., Thauer, R. K. and Pfennig, N. (1987) A "capillary racetrack" method for isolation of magnetotactic bacteria. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 45, 31- 35.
Kobelt, A., Pfaltz, A., Ankel-Fuchs, D. and Thauer, R. K. (1987) The L-form of N-7-mercaptoheptanoyl-O-phosphothreonine is the enantiomer active as component B in methyl-CoM reduction to methane. FEBS Lett. 214, 265-268.
Bott, M. and Thauer, R. K. (1987) Proton-motive-force-driven formation of CO from CO2 and H2 in methanogenic bacteria. Eur. J. Biochem. 168, 407- 412.
Pfaltz, A., Kobelt, A., Hüster, R., and Thauer, R. K. (1987) Biosynthesis of coenzyme F430 in methanogenic bacteria. Identification of 15,173-seco-F430- 173-acid as an intermediate. Eur. J. Biochem. 170, 459-467.
Möller, D., Schauder, R., Fuchs, G. and Thauer, R. K. (1987) Acetate oxidation to CO2 via a citric acid cycle involving an ATP-citrate lyase: a mechanism for the synthesis of ATP via substrate level phosphorylation in Desulfobacter postgatei growing on acetate and sulfate. Arch. Microbiol. 148, 202-207.
Hogenkamp, H. P. C., Follmann, H. and Thauer, R. K. (1987) Ribonucleotide reductase in cell extracts of Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum. FEBS Lett. 219, 197-201.
Ellermann, J., Kobelt, A., Pfaltz, A. and Thauer, R. K. (1987) On the role of N-7-mercaptoheptanoyl-O-phospho-L-threonine (component B) in the enzymatic reduction of methyl-coenzyme M to methane. FEBS Lett. 220, 358- 362.
Friedmann, H. C., Thauer, R. K., Gough, S. P. and Kannangara, C. G. (1987) d-aminolevulinic acid formation in the archaebacterium Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum requires tRNAGlu. Carlsberg Res. Commun. 52, 363-371.
Albracht, S. P. J., Ankel-Fuchs, D., Böcher, R., Ellermann, J., Moll, J., van der Zwaan, J. W. and Thauer, R. K. (1988) Five new EPR signals assigned to nickel in methyl-coenzyme M reductase from Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum, strain Marburg. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 955, 86-102.
Ellermann, J., Hedderich, R., Böcher, R. and Thauer, R. K. (1988) The final step in methane formation: Investigations with highly purified methyl-CoM reductase (component C) from Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum (strain Marburg). Eur. J. Biochem. 172, 669-677. *
Grinbergs, A., Müller, V., Gottschalk, G. and Thauer, R. K. (1988) Different effects of 5-fluorouracil on Methanosarcina barkeri and on Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 49, 43-47.
Pankhania, I. P., Spormann, A. M., Hamilton, W. A. and Thauer, R. K.
(1988) Lactate conversion to acetate, CO2 and H2 in cell suspensions of Desulfovibrio vulgaris (Marburg): indications for the involvement of an energy driven reaction. Arch. Microbiol. 150, 26-31.
Fischer, R. and Thauer, R. K. (1988) Methane formation from acetyl phosphate in cell extracts of Methanosarcina barkeri: Dependence of the reaction on coenzyme A. FEBS Lett. 228, 249-253.
Möller-Zinkhan, D. and Thauer, R. K. (1988) Membrane-bound NADPH dehydrogenase- and ferredoxin:NADP oxidoreductase activity involved in electron transport during acetate to CO2 in Desulfobacter postgatei. Arch. Microbiol. 150, 145-154.
Spormann, M. A. and Thauer, R. K. (1988) Anaerobic acetate oxidation to CO2 by Desulfotomaculum acetoxidans. Demonstration of enzymes required for the operation of an oxidative acetyl-CoA/carbon monoxide dehydrogenase pathway. Arch. Microbiol. 150, 374-380.
Hedderich, R. and Thauer, R. K. (1988) Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum contains a soluble enzyme system that specifically catalyzes the reduction of the heterodisulfide of coenzyme M and 7- mercaptoheptanoylthreonine phosphate with H2. FEBS Lett. 234, 223-227.
Karrasch, M., Bott, M. and Thauer, R. K. (1989) Carbonic anhydrase activity in acetate grown Methanosarcina barkeri. Arch. Microbiol. 151, 137-142.
Bott, M. and Thauer, R. K. (1989) Proton translocation coupled to the oxidation of carbon monoxide to CO2 and H2 in Methanosarcina barkeri. Eur. J. Biochem. 179, 469-472.
Fischer, R. and Thauer, R. K. (1989) Methyltetrahydromethanopterin as an intermediate in methanogenesis from acetate in Methanosarcina barkeri. Arch. Microbiol. 151, 459-465.
Ellermann, J., Rospert, S., Thauer, R. K., Bokranz, M., Klein, A., Voges, M. and Berkessel, A. (1989) Methyl-coenzyme-M reductase from Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum (strain Marburg): Purity, activity and novel inhibitors. Eur. J. Biochem. 184, 63-68.
Börner, G., Karrasch, M. and Thauer, R. K. (1989) Formylmethanofuran dehydrogenase activity in cell extracts of Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum and of Methanosarcina barkeri. FEBS Lett. 244, 21-2.
Bott, M. and Thauer, R. K. (1989) The active species of "CO2" formed by carbon monoxide dehydrogenase from Peptostreptococcus productus. Z. Naturforsch. 44c, 392-396.
Spormann, A.M. and Thauer, R. K. (1989) Anaerobic acetate oxidation to
CO2 by Desulfotomaculum acetoxidans. Isotopic exchange between CO2 and the carbonyl group of acetyl-CoA and topology of enzymes involved. Arch. Microbiol. 152, 189-195.
Cheesman, M. R., Ankel-Fuchs, D., Thauer, R. K. and Thomson, A. J. (1989) The magnetic properties of the nickel cofactor F430 in the enzyme methyl-coenzyme M reductase of Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum. Biochem. J. 260, 613-616.
Möller-Zinkhan, D., Börner, G. and Thauer, R. K. (1989) Function of methanofuran, tetrahydromethanopterin, and coenzyme F420 in Archaeoglobus fulgidus. Arch. Microbiol. 152, 362-368.
Karrasch, M., Börner, G., Enßle, M. and Thauer, R. K. (1989) Formylmethanofuran dehydrogenase from methanogenic bacteria, a molybdoenzyme. FEBS Lett. 253, 226-230.
Krone, U. E., Thauer, R. K. and Hogenkamp, H. P. C. (1989) Reductive dehalogenation of chlorinated C1-hydrocarboons mediatedby corrinoids. Biochemistry 28, 4908-4914. *
Krone, U. E. Laufer, F., Thauer, R. K. and Hogenkamp, H. P. C. (1989) Coenzyme F430 as a possible catalyst for the reductive dehalogenation of chlorinated C1 hydrocarbons in methanogenic bacteria. Biochemistry 28, 10061-10065.*
Hedderich, R., Berkessel, A. and Thauer, R. K. (1989) Catalytic properties of the heterodisulfide reductase involved in the final step of methanogenesis. FEBS Lett. 255, 67-71.
Fischer, R. and Thauer, R. K. (1990) Methanogenesis from acetate in cell extracts of Methanosarcina barkeri: Isotope exchange between CO2 and the carbonyl group of acetyl-CoA, and the role of H2. Arch. Microbiol. 153, 156- 162.
Möller-Zinkhan, D. and Thauer, R. K. (1990) Anaerobic lactate oxidation to 3 CO2 by Archaeoglobus fulgidus via the carbon monoxide dehydrogenase pathway: demonstration of the acetyl-CoA carbon-carbon cleavage reaction in cell extracts. Arch. Microbiol. 153, 215-218.
Zirngibl, C., Hedderich, R. and Thauer, R. K. (1990) N5,N10 Methylenetetrahydromethanopterin dehydrogenase from Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum has hydrogenase activity. FEBS Lett. 261, 112-116.
Ma, K. and Thauer, R. K. (1990) Purification and properties of N5,N10- methylenetetrahydromethanopterin reductase from Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum (strain Marburg). Eur. J. Biochem. 191, 187-193.
Peinemann, S., Hedderich, R., Blaut, M., Thauer, R. K. and Gottschalk, G.
(1990) ATP synthesis coupled to electron transfer from H2 to the heterodisulfide of 2-mercaptoethanesulfonate and 7- mercaptoheptanoylthreonine phosphate in vesicle preparations of the methanogenic bacterium strain GÖ1. FEBS Lett. 263, 57-60.
Schmitz, R. A., Bonch-Osmolovskaya, E. A. and Thauer, R. K. (1990) Different mechanisms of acetate activation in Desulfurella acetivorans and Desulfuromonas acetoxidans. Arch. Microbiol. 154, 274-279.
Ma, K. and Thauer, R. K. (1990) N5,N10-Methylenetetrahydromethanopterin reductase from Methanosarcina barkeri. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 70, 119-124.
Hedderich, R., Berkessel, A. and Thauer, R. K. (1990) Purification and properties of heterodisulfide reductase from Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum (strain Marburg). Eur. J. Biochem. 193, 255-261.
Karrasch, M., Börner, G., Enßle, M. and Thauer, R. K. (1990) The molybdoenzyme formylmethanofuran dehydrogenase from Methanosarcina barkeri contains a pterin cofactor. Eur. J. Biochem. 194, 367-372.
Breitung, J., Börner, G., Karrasch, M., Berkessel, A. and Thauer, R. K.
(1990) N-Furfurylformamide as a pseudo-substrate for formylmethanofuran converting enzymes from methanogenic bacteria. FEBS Lett. 268, 257-260.
Ma, K. and Thauer, R. K. (1990) Single step purification of methylenetetrahydromethanopterin reductase from Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum by specific binding to Blue Sepharose Cl-6B. FEBS Lett. 268, 59-62.
Fischer, R. and Thauer, R. K. (1990) Ferredoxin-dependent methane formation from acetate in cell extracts of Methanosarcina barkeri (strain MS). FEBS Lett. 269, 368-372.
Rospert, S., Linder, D., Ellermann, J. and Thauer, R. K. (1990) Two genetically distinct methyl-coenzyme M reductases in Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum strain Marburg and D H. Eur. J. Biochem. 194, 871-877.
Breitung, J. and Thauer, R. K. (1990) Formylmethano- furan:tetrahydromethanopterin formyltransferase from Methanosarcina barkeri: Identification of N5-formyltetrahydromethanopterin as the product. FEBS Lett. 275, 226-230.
Karrasch, M., Börner, G. and Thauer, R. K. (1990) The molybdenum cofactor of formylmethanofuran dehydrogenase from Methanosarcina barkeri is a molybdopterin guanine dinucleotide. FEBS Lett. 274, 48-52.
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