The membrane-associated form of methane mono-oxygenase from Methylococcus capsulatus (Bath) is a copper/iron protein

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 369, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 417-427

  Basu, Piku ^a   Katterle, Bettina ^b,c   Kristoffer Andersson, K ^b   Dalton, Howard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ENERGY CONVERSION   (Germany)

Author keywords

EPR; Oxygen activation; Particulate methane mono oxygenase; Type 2 copper site

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; ENZYMES; METHANE; PROTEINS;

METHYLOCOCCUS CAPSULATUS;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COPPER; DETERGENT; IRON; METHANE MONOOXYGENASE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; COMPLEX FORMATION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; METHYLOCOCCUS CAPSULATUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASCORBIC ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; COPPER; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; IRON; METALLOPROTEINS; METHYLOCOCCUS CAPSULATUS; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGENASES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHYLOCOCCUS CAPSULATUS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0348087046     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20020823     Document Type: Article

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