Publications of Seigo Shima

Ermler, U.; Grabarse, W.; Shima, S.; Goubeaud, M.; Thauer, R. K.: Crystal structure of methyl-coenzyme M reductase: the key enzyme of biological methane formation. Science 278 (5342), pp. 1457 - 1462 (1997)

Ermler, U.; Merckel, M. C.; Thauer, R. K.; Shima, S.: Formylmethanofuran: tetrahydromethanopterin formyltransferase from Methanopyrus kandleri — new insights into salt-dependence and thermostability. Structure 5 (5), pp. 635 - 646 (1997)

Shima, S.; Goubeaud, M.; Vinzenz, D.; Thauer, R. K.; Ermler, U.: Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction studies of methyl-coenzyme M reductase from methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum. The Journal of Biochemistry 121 (5), pp. 829 - 830 (1997)

Shima, S.; Thauer, R. K.; Michel, H.; Ermler, U.: Crystallization and preliminary X‐ray diffraction studies of formylmethanofuran: Tetrahydromethanopterin formyltransferase from Methanopyrus kandleri. Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics 26 (1), pp. 118 - 120 (1996)

Kunow, J.; Shima, S.; Vorholt, J. A.; Thauer, R. K.: Primary structure and properties of the formyltransferase from the mesophilic Methanosarcina barkeri: Comparison with the enzymes from thermophilic and hyperthermophilic methanogens. Archives of Microbiology 165 (2), pp. 97 - 105 (1996)

Shima, S.; Weiss, D. S.; Thauer, R. K.: Formylmethanofuran: Tetrahydromethanopterin Formyltransferase (Ftr) from the Hyperthermophilic Methanopyrus kandleri. European Journal of Biochemistry 230 (3), pp. 906 - 913 (1995)

Shima, S.; Yanagi, M.; Saiki, H.: The phylogenetic position of Hydrogenobacter acidophilus based on 16S rRNA sequence analysis. FEMS Microbiology Letters 119 (1-2), pp. 119 - 122 (1994)

Suzuki, K.; Shima, S.: Hydrogenobacter acidophilus: Is its ancestor a missing-link between the Bacteria and the Archaea? RIKEN review (3), pp. 3 - 4 (1993)

Shima, S.: Cellulases of clostridia: genetics and biochemistry. The Heredity (43), pp. 56 - 60 (1993)

Shima, S.; Igarashi, Y.; Kodama, T.: Purification and properties of two truncated endoglucanases produced in Escherichia coli harbouring Clostridium cellulolyticum endoglucanase gene celCCD. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 38 (6), pp. 750 - 754 (1993)

Shima, S.; Suzuki, K.-i.: Hydrogenobacter acidophilus sp. nov., a Thermoacidophilic, Aerobic, Hydrogen-Oxidizing Bacterium Requiring Elemental Sulfur for Growth. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY 43 (4), pp. 703 - 708 (1993)

Shima, S.; IGARASHI, Y.; KODAMA, T.: NUCLEOTIDE-SEQUENCE ANALYSIS OF THE ENDOGLUCANASE-ENCODING GENE, CELCCD, OF CLOSTRIDIUM-CELLULOLYTICUM. GENE 104 (1), pp. 33 - 38 (1991)

Shima, S.; IGARASHI, Y.; KODAMA, T.: MOLECULAR-CLONING OF A NEW ENDOGLUCANASE GENE FROM CLOSTRIDIUM-CELLULOLYTICUM AND ITS EXPRESSION IN ESCHERICHIA-COLI. APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY 35 (2), pp. 233 - 236 (1991)

Shima, S.: Production of organic materials by electric energy: Utilization of hydrogen bacteria. Nogyodenka (43), pp. 13 - 16 (1990)

Shima, S.: Application of energy-conversion enzymes for hydrogen production and electrodes of fuel cells. Energy forum No. 432 (112) (1990)

Shima, S.; Kato, J.; Igarashi, Y.; Kodama, T.: Cloning and expression of a Clostridium cellobioparum cellulase gene and its excretion from Escherichia coli JM109. Journal of Fermentation and Bioengineering 68 (2), pp. 75 - 78 (1989)

Shima, S.: Utilization of root-nodule bacteria and its ecological problems. Nogyodenka (38), pp. 15 - 17 (1985)

Ermler, U.; Grabarse, W.; Shima, S.; Goubeaud, M.; Thauer, R. K.: Mechanismus der mikrobiellen Methanbildung. (1998)

Wagner, T.; Ermler, U.; Shima, S.: Tungsten-containing formylmethanofuran dehydrogenas. In: Encyclopedia of Inorganic and Bioinorganic Chemistry (online) (Ed. Messerschmidt, A.). John Wiley and Sons, Inc. (2018)

Wagner, T.; Watanabe, T.; Shima, S.: Hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis. In: Handbook of Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology Series. Biogenesis of Hydrocarbons (Eds. Stams, A. J. M.; Sousa, D. Z.). Springer, Germany (2018)