Controlled oxidation of hydrocarbons by the membrane-bound methane monooxygenase: The case for a tricopper cluster

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 969-979

  Chan, Sunney I ^a,b   Yu, Steve S F ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Taiwan)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; HYDROCARBON; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; METHANE MONOOXYGENASE; OXYGENASE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COENZYME; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION;

COENZYMES; COPPER; HYDROCARBONS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGENASES;

EID: 51649104571     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar700277n     Document Type: Article

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