Structural and mechanistic insights into methane oxidation by particulate methane monooxygenase

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 573-580

  Balasubramanian, Ramakrishnan ^a   Rosenzweig, Amy C ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; METHANE; METHANE MONOOXYGENASE; OXYGEN; OXYGENASE;

BINDING SITE; BIOLOGY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; METHYLOCOCCUS CAPSULATUS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BINDING SITES; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COPPER; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; METHANE; METHYLOCOCCUS CAPSULATUS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; OXYGENASES; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 34547752024     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar700004s     Document Type: Conference Paper

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