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Chemical, Physical and Enzymatic Comparisons of Formyltetrahydrofolate Synthetases from Thermo- and Mesophilic Clostridia

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Enzymes and Proteins from Thermophilic Microorganisms Structure and Function

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10-Formyltetrahydrofolate synthetase (Formate:tetrahydrofolate ligase (ADP), E. C. 6.3.4.3) catalyzes the synthesis of 10-formyltetrahydrofolate:

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  1. Department of Biochemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, 30602, USA

    J. M. Brewer & Lars G. Ljungdahl

  2. Department of Biochemistry, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, 44106, USA

    W. E. O’Brien

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O’Brien, W.E., Brewer, J.M., Ljungdahl, L.G. (1976). Chemical, Physical and Enzymatic Comparisons of Formyltetrahydrofolate Synthetases from Thermo- and Mesophilic Clostridia. In: Zuber, H. (eds) Enzymes and Proteins from Thermophilic Microorganisms Structure and Function. Experientia Supplementum, vol 26. Birkhäuser, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-7675-9_21

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