Abstract
Soluble extracts of Methylococcus capsulatus (Bath), obtained by centrifugation of crude extracts at 160000g for 1h, catalyse the NAD(P)H- and O2-dependent disappearance of bromomethane, and also the formation of methanol from methane. Soluble methane mono-oxygenase is not inhibited by chelating agents or by most electron-transport inhibitors, and is a multicomponent enzyme.
MeSH Terms
Electron Transport
Gram-Negative Aerobic Bacteria/enzymology
Methane/analogs & derivatives,metabolism
Methanol/metabolism
Oxygenases/antagonists & inhibitors,metabolism
Chemicals
Oxygenases
Methane
Methanol
Authors & Affiliations
2 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Colby J
Dalton H
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