The hydroxylase component of soluble methane monooxygenase from Methylococcus capsulatus (Bath) exists in several forms as shown by electrospray-ionisation mass spectrometry

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 254, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 602-609

  Buzy, Armelle ^a   Millar, Alan L ^a   Legros, Veronique ^a   Wilkins, Patricia C ^a   Dalton, Howard ^a   Jennings, Keith R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amino acid sequence; Hydroxylase; Mass spectrometry; Methane oxidation; Proteolytic cleavage

Indexed keywords

HYDROLYASE; METHANE MONOOXYGENASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; ENZYME CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHANOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CYANOGEN BROMIDE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHYLOCOCCACEAE; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PEPTIDE MAPPING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHANOBACTERIUM; METHYLOCOCCUS CAPSULATUS;

EID: 0032526273     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1998.2540602.x     Document Type: Article

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