论文信息 - 7-methylpterin in methanogenic bacteria

7-methylpterin in methanogenic bacteria

A blue fluorescent compound was extracted and purified from cells of Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum. The compound was identified as 7-methylpterin on the basis of its (physico-) chemical properties and by comparison with 7-methylpterin prepared by organic synthesis. The compound is present in all methanogenic bacteria studied so far and it provides methanogenic bacteria the characteristic blue fluorescence observed upon fluorescence microscopy.

G. Vogels | J. Keltjens | P. Beelen | A. Stassen

[1] P. Borm,et al. A novel one-carbon carrier (carboxy-5,6,7,8-tetrahydromethanopterin) isolated from Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum and derived from methanopterin. , 1983, European journal of biochemistry.

[2] G. Vogels,et al. Structural elements of methanopterin, a novel pterin present in Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum. , 1983, European journal of biochemistry.

[3] G. Vogels,et al. Improved identification of methanogenic bacteria by fluorescence microscopy , 1978, Applied and environmental microbiology.

[4] G. Vogels,et al. Proposed structure for coenzyme F420 from Methanobacterium. , 1978, Biochemistry.

[5] R. Gunsalus,et al. Chromophoric factors F342 and F430 of Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum , 1978 .

[6] B. McBride,et al. New method for the isolation and identification of methanogenic bacteria. , 1975, Applied microbiology.

[7] A. Rosowsky,et al. Pteridines. I. Beta-keto sulfoxides and -keto aldehyde hemithioacetals as pteridine precursors. A new selective synthesis of 6- and 7-substituted pteridines. , 1973, The Journal of organic chemistry.

[8] Raymond L. Blakley. The biochemistry of folic acid and related pteridines , 1969 .

[9] J. Boothe,et al. The structure of the liver L. casei factor. , 1948, Journal of the American Chemical Society.