Methane monooxygenase (particulate) explained

Methane monooxygenase (particulate)
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Methane monooxygenase (particulate) is an enzyme with systematic name methane,quinol:oxygen oxidoreductase.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

methane + quinol + O₂

\rightleftharpoons methanol + quinone + H₂O

Methane monooxygenase contains copper. It is membrane-bound enzyme present in methanotrophs.

See also

• Methane monooxygenase

Notes and References

1. Shiemke AK, Cook SA, Miley T, Singleton P . Detergent solubilization of membrane-bound methane monooxygenase requires plastoquinol analogs as electron donors . Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics . 321 . 2 . 421–8 . August 1995 . 7646068 . 10.1006/abbi.1995.1413 .
2. Basu P, Katterle B, Andersson KK, Dalton H . The membrane-associated form of methane mono-oxygenase from Methylococcus capsulatus (Bath) is a copper/iron protein . The Biochemical Journal . 369 . Pt 2 . 417–27 . January 2003 . 12379148 . 1223091 . 10.1042/BJ20020823 .
3. Kitmitto A, Myronova N, Basu P, Dalton H . Characterization and structural analysis of an active particulate methane monooxygenase trimer from Methylococcus capsulatus (Bath) . Biochemistry . 44 . 33 . 10954–65 . August 2005 . 16101279 . 10.1021/bi050820u .
4. Balasubramanian R, Rosenzweig AC . Structural and mechanistic insights into methane oxidation by particulate methane monooxygenase . Accounts of Chemical Research . 40 . 7 . 573–80 . July 2007 . 17444606 . 10.1021/ar700004s .