Direct electrochemistry of the hydroxylase of soluble methane monooxygenase from Methylococcus capsulatus (Bath)

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 241, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 552-556

  Kazlauskaite, Jurate ^a   Hill, H Allen O ^a   Wilkins, Patricia C ^b   Dalton, Howard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Differential pulse voltammetry; Direct electrochemistry; Hydroxylase component; Methane monooxygenase; Promoter

Indexed keywords

METHANE MONOOXYGENASE; OXYGENASE; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

ARTICLE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; IN VITRO STUDY; METHYLOCOCCACEAE; POTENTIOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; METHYLOCOCCACEAE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGENASES; SOLUBILITY;

METHYLOCOCCACEAE; METHYLOCOCCUS CAPSULATUS;

EID: 0029858185     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.00552.x     Document Type: Article

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