Advances in biomolecular machine: methane monooxygenases.
- Author:
Jixue LU
;
Shizhen WANG
;
Baishan FANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Catalysis;
Methane;
metabolism;
Methanol;
metabolism;
Oxygenases;
metabolism
- From:
Chinese Journal of Biotechnology
2015;31(7):1015-1023
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Methane monooxygenases (MMO), regarded as "an amazing biomolecular machine", catalyze the oxidation of methane to methanol under aerobic conditions. MMO catalyze the oxidation of methane elaborately, which is a novel way to catalyze methane to methanol. Furthermore, MMO can inspire the biomolecular machine design. In this review, we introduced MMO including structure, gene and catalytic mechanism. The history and the taxonomy of MMO were also introduced.
