Evidence that participate methane monooxygenase and ammonia monooxygenase may be evolutionarily related

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 203-208

  Holmes, Andrew J ^a   Costello, Andria ^b   Lidstrom, Mary E ^b   Murrell, J Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b Environmental Engineering Science 138 78 California Institute of Technology Pasadena CA 91125 USA ^*

Author keywords

Ammonia monooxygenase; Methane monooxygenase; Methanotroph; Nitrifier

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA MONOOXYGENASE; METHANE MONOOXYGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; METHANE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDOREDUCTASES; OXYGENASES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0028791540     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(95)00311-R     Document Type: Article

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