Crystal structure of a membrane-bound metalloenzyme that catalyses the biological oxidation of methane

Nature

Volumn 434, Issue 7030, 2005, Pages 177-182

  Lieberman, Raquel L ^a   Rosenzweig, Amy C ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; COPPER; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; METHANE; METHANOL; OXIDATION; ZINC;

ENERGY SOURCES; MEMBRANE-BOUND METALLOENZYME; METHANE OXIDATION; PARTICULATE METHANE MONOOYGENASE (PMMO);

ENZYMES;

COPPER; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; MEMBRANE ENZYME; METALLOENZYME; METHANE; METHANE MONOOXYGENASE; METHANOL; POLYPEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC; METAL; OXYGENASE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

BIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; METHANOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; METHYLOCOCCUS CAPSULATUS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BINDING SITES; CATALYSIS; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; METALS; METHANE; METHANOL; METHYLOCOCCUS CAPSULATUS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGENASES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS;

EID: 15044356424     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03311     Document Type: Article

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