From N5-Formyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydromethanopterin to N5,N10-Methenyltetrahydromethanopterin

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Medline reference
Vaupel M, Dietz H, Linder D, Thauer RK. Eur J Biochem (1996) 236(1): 294-300.

Search Medline for methenyltetrahydromethanopterin cyclohydrolase.
19 citations on March 09, 2012. 

              N5-Formyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydromethanopterin              
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  methenyltetrahydromethanopterin |
                   cyclohydrolase |
                         3.5.4.27 | Search GenBank, 257 hits on Apr. 03, 2012
                            Kyoto |\
                           ExPASy | \
                                  |  H2O
                                  v
               N5,N10-Methenyltetrahydromethanopterin
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