Oxidation of methane by a biological dicopper centre

Nature

Volumn 465, Issue 7294, 2010, Pages 115-119

  Balasubramanian, Ramakrishnan ^a   Smith, Stephen M ^a   Rawat, Swati ^b   Yatsunyk, Liliya A ^a   Stemmler, Timothy L ^b   Rosenzweig, Amy C ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; MEMBRANE ENZYME; METHANE; METHANE MONOOXYGENASE; METHANOL; PROPYLENE;

CATALYSIS; COPPER; ENZYME; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MEMBRANE; METHANE; METHANOGENIC BACTERIUM; MODELING; OXIDATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CATALYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME METABOLISM; ENZYME SUBUNIT; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MEMBRANE; METAL BINDING; METHANOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CATALYTIC DOMAIN; COPPER; METHANE; METHANOL; METHYLOCOCCUS CAPSULATUS; METHYLOSINUS TRICHOSPORIUM; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGENASES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 77952093872     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature08992     Document Type: Article

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