Publications of S. Shima

Krüger, M.; Meyerdierks, A.; Glockner, F. O.; Amann, R.; Widdel, F.; Kube, M.; Reinhardt, R.; Kahnt, R.; Böcher, R.; Thauer, R. K. et al.; Shima, S.: A conspicuous nickel protein in microbial mats that oxidize methane anaerobically. Nature 426 (6968), pp. 878 - 881 (2003)

Hagemeier, C. H.; Shima, S.; Thauer, R. K.; Bourenkov, G.; Bartunik, H. D.; Ermler, U.: Coenzyme F-420-dependent methylenetetrahydro-methanopterin dehydrogenase (Mtd) from Methanopyrus kandleri: A methanogenic enzyme with an unusual quarternary structure. Journal of Molecular Biology 332 (5), pp. 1047 - 1057 (2003)

Hagemeier, C. H.; Shima, S.; Warkentin, E.; Thauer, R. K.; Ermler, U.: Coenzyme F₄₂₀-dependent methylenetetrahydromethanopterin de­hydrogenase from Methanopyrus kandleri: the selenome­thionine-labelled and non-labelled enzyme crystallized in two different forms. Acta Crystallographica Section D - Structural Biology 59, pp. 1653 - 1655 (2003)

Mamat, B.; Roth, A.; Grimm, C.; Ermler, U.; Tziatzios, C.; Schubert, D.; Thauer, R. K.; Shima, S.: Crystal structures and enzymatic properties of three formyltransferases from archaea: Environmental adaptation and evolutionary relationship. Protein Science 11 (9), pp. 2168 - 2178 (2002)

Warkentin, E.; Mamat, B.; Sordel-Klippert, M.; Wicke, M.; Thauer, R. K.; Iwata, M.; Iwata, S.; Ermler, U.; Shima, S.: Structures of F₄₂₀H²:NADP⁺ oxidoreductase with and without its substrates bound. The EMBO Journal 20 (23), pp. 6561 - 6569 (2001)

Grabarse, W.; Mahlert, F.; Duin, E. C.; Goubeaud, M.; Shima, S.; Thauer, R. K.; Lamzin, V.; Ermler, U.: On the mechanism of biological methane formation: structural evidence for conformational changes in methyl-coenzyme M reductase upon substrate binding. Journal of Molecular Biology (London) 309 (1), pp. 315 - 330 (2001)

Shima, S.; Sordel-Klippert, M.; Brioukhanov, A.; Netrusov, A.; Linder, D.; Thauer, R. K.: Characterization of a heme-dependent catalase from Methanobrevibacter arboriphilus. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 67 (7), pp. 3041 - 3045 (2001)

Shima, S.; Thauer, R. K.: Tetrahydromethanopterin-specific enzymes from Methanopyrus kandleri. HYPERTHERMOPHILIC ENZYMES, PT B, pp. 317 - 353 (2001)

Grabarse, W.; Mahlert, F.; Shima, S.; Thauer, R. K.; Ermler, U.: Comparison of three methyl-coenzyme M reductases from phylogenetically distant organisms: unusual amino acid modification, conservation and adaptation. Journal of Molecular Biology (London) 303 (2), pp. 329 - 344 (2000)

Buurmann, G.; Shima, S.; Thauer, R. K.: The metal-free hydrogenase from methanogenic archaea: evidence for a bound cofactor. FEBS Letters 485 (2-3), pp. 200 - 204 (2000)

Shima, S.; Warkentin, E.; Grabarse, W.; Sordel, M.; Wicke, M.; Thauer, R. K.; Ermler, U.: Structure of coenzyme F₄₂₀ dependent methylenetetrahydromethanopterin reductase from two methanogenic archaea. Journal of Molecular Biology (London) 300 (4), pp. 935 - 950 (2000)

Selmer, T.; Kahnt, J.; Goubeaud, M.; Shima, S.; Grabarse, W.; Ermler, U.; Thauer, R. K.: The Biosynthesis of Methylated Amino Acids in the Active Site Region of Methyl-coenzyme M Reductase. The Journal of Biological Chemistry 275 (6), pp. 3755 - 3760 (2000)

Brioukhanov, A.; Netrusov, A.; Sordel, M.; Thauer, R.; Shima, S.: Protection of Methanosarcina barkeri against oxidative stress: identification and characterization of an iron superoxide dismutase. Archives of Microbiology 174 (3), pp. 213 - 216 (2000)

Shima, S.; Thauer, R. K.; Ermler, U.; Durchschlag, H.; Tziatzios, C.; Schubert, D.: A mutation affecting the association equilibrium of formyltransferase from the hyperthermophilic Methanopyrus kandleri and its influence on the enzyme's activity and thermostability. European Journal of Biochemistry 267 (22), pp. 6619 - 6623 (2000)

Grabarse, W.; Vaupel, M.; Vorholt, J. A.; Shima, S.; Thauer, R. K.; Wittershagen, A.; Bourenkov, G.; Bartunik, H. D.; Ermler, U.: The crystal structure of methenyltetrahydromethanopterin cyclohydrolase from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Methanopyrus kandleri. Structure 7 (10), pp. 1257 - 1268 (1999)

Shima, S.; Netrusov, A.; Sordel, M.; Wicke, M.; Hartmann, G.; Thauer, R. K.: Purification, characterization, and primary structure of a monofunctional catalase from Methanosarcina barkeri. Archives of Microbiology 171 (5), pp. 317 - 323 (1999)

Shima, S.; Tziatzios, C.; Schubert, D.; Fukada, H.; Takahashi, K.; Ermler, U.; Thauer, R. K.: Lyotropic‐salt‐induced changes in monomer/dimer/tetramer association equilibrium of formyltransferase from the hyperthermophilic Methanopyrus kandleri in relation to the activity and thermostability of the enzyme. European Journal of Biochemistry 258 (1), pp. 85 - 92 (1998)

Shima, S.: Unique structures of the enzymes from methanogens. Seibutsu-Kogaku Kaishi (76), 353 (1998)

Shima, S.: [Mechanism of biological methane formation structure and function of methyl-coenzyme M reductase]. Protein, Nucleic acid and Enzyme (43), pp. 1461 - 1467 (1998)

Shima, S.; Herault, D.; Berkessel, A.; Thauer, R. K.: Activation and thermostabilization effects of cyclic 2,3-diphosphoglycerate on enzymes from the hyperthermophilic Methanopyrus kandleri. ARCHIVES OF MICROBIOLOGY 170 (6), pp. 469 - 472 (1998)