From 5-Methyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydromethanopterin to Methyl-coenzyme M

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Medline reference
Harms U, Weiss DS, Gartner P, Linder D, Thauer RK. Eur J Biochem (1995) 228(3): 640-8.

Search Medline for tetrahydromethanopterin methyltransferase.
20 citations on August 02, 2012. 
      5-Methyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydromethanopterin       
                          |
                          |  coenzymeM
  tetrahydromethanopterin | /
      S-methyltransferase |/
                 2.1.1.86 | Search GenBank, 283 hits on Apr. 03, 2012
                    Kyoto |\
                   ExPASy | \
                          |  H4MPT
                          v
                  Methyl-coenzyme M
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