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Ni(Ii) (Dioxo[16]Anen5)-Induced Methane Formation From Methyl Coenzyme M, Charles Michael Drain, Barry B. Cordon, David B. Sable
Ni(Ii) (Dioxo[16]Anen5)-Induced Methane Formation From Methyl Coenzyme M, Charles Michael Drain, Barry B. Cordon, David B. Sable
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The nickel tetrapyrrole containing factor, F430, is implicated in the final methane evolution step in methanogenic ba~terial-~ and has attracted considerable a t t e n t i ~ n . ~T- ~he essential role of F430 in methane formation was demonstrated by Ankel-Fuchs and Thauer, who reported the in vitro catalysis of H3CSCH2CH2S03-, methyl coenzyme M (methyl-CoM), to methane and CoM by purified methyl-CoM reductase under reducing condit i o n ~ .S~in ce F,,o exists in both the Ni(1) (or Ni(II1)) and the Ni(I1) states in Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum,loi,t ll is of interest to examine the role of the …