Mutagenesis of the hydrocarbon monooxygenase indicates a metal centre in subunit-C, and not subunit-B, is essential for copper-containing membrane monooxygenase activity

Microbiology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 160, Issue PART 6, 2014, Pages 1267-1277

  Liew, Elissa F ^a   Tong, Daochen ^a   Coleman, Nicholas V ^a   Holmes, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC ACID; COPPER; HISTIDINE; HYDROCARBON; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMMONIA OXIDIZER; ARTICLE; AUTOTROPHY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; METAL BINDING; METHANOTROPH; MUTATION; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STOICHIOMETRY;

EID: 84901705876     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: 14652080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.078584-0     Document Type: Article

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