Publications of Seigo Shima

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)

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)

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

Shima, S.; Thauer, R. K.; Ermler, U.: Carbon monoxide as intrinsic ligands to iron in the active site of [Fe]-hydrogenase. In: Metal-Carbon Bonds in Enzymes and Cofactors, Vol 6. of Metal Ions In Life Sciences, pp. 219 - 240 (Eds. Sigel, A.; Sigel, H.). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Cambridge, UK (2009)

Thauer, R.; Shima, S.: Methyl-coenzyme M reductase in methanogens and methanotrophs. In: Archaea, Evolution, Physiology and Molecuar Biology, pp. 275 - 283. Blackwell Publishing, Inc, Malden, USA (2007)

Grabarse, W.; Shima, S.; Mahlert, F.; Duin, E. C.; Thauer, R. K.; Ermler, U.: Methyl-coenzyme M reductase. In: Handbook of Metalloproteins, pp. 897 - 914 (Eds. Wieghardt, K.; Huber, R.; Poulus, T. L.; Messerschmidt, A.). John Wiley & sons (2001)

Shima, S.; Thauer, R. K.: Methanothermobacter — Biokatalysator für die Energiewende, Biospektrum 27, pp. 14 - 17 (2021)

Arriaza-Gallardo, F. J.; Zheng, Y.-C.; Gehl, M.; Nomura, S.; Queiroz, F.; Pedro, J.; Shima, S.: [Fe]-hydrogenase, cofactor biosynthesis and engineering. Chembiochem 24 (20), e202300330 (2023)

Thauer, R. K.; Kaster, A. K.; Goenrich, M.; Schick, M.; Hiromoto, T.; Shima, S.: Hydrogenases from methanogenic archaea, nickel, a novel cofactor, and H₂ storage. Annual Review of Biochemistry 79, 79, pp. 507 - 536 (2010)

Thauer, R. K.; Shima, S.: Methane as Fuel for Anaerobic Microorganisms. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1125, pp. 158 - 170 (2008)

Shima, S.; Thauer, R. K.: A third type of hydrogenase catalyzing H₂ activation. The Chemical Record 7 (1), pp. 37 - 46 (2007)

Thauer, R. K.; Shima, S.: Biogeochemistry: Methane and microbes. Nature 440 (7086), pp. 878 - 879 (2006)

Shima, S.; Thauer, R. K.: Anaearobic methane oxidation by archaea: a biochemical approach. Bioscience & Industry 64, pp. 23 - 6 (2006)

Shima, S.; Thauer, R. K.; Ermler, U.: Hyperthermophilic and salt-dependent formyltransferase from Methanopyrus kandleri. Biochemical Society Transactions 32, pp. 269 - 272 (2004)

Shima, S.; Warkentin, E.; Thauer, R. K.; Ermler, U.: Structure and function of enzymes involved in the methanogenic pathway utilizing carbon dioxide and molecular hydrogen. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering 93 (6), pp. 519 - 530 (2002)