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Purification and characterization of the soluble methane monooxygenase of the type II methanotrophic bacterium Methylocystis sp strain WI 14
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UNSPECIFIED (1999) Purification and characterization of the soluble methane monooxygenase of the type II methanotrophic bacterium Methylocystis sp strain WI 14. APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, 65 (9). pp. 3929-3935. ISSN 0099-2240.
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Abstract
Methane monooxygenase (MMO) catalyzes the oxidation of methane to methanol as the first step of methane degradation. A soluble NAD(P)H-dependent methane monooxygenase (sMMO) from the type II methanotrophic bacterium WI 14 was purified to homogeneity. Sequencing of the 16S rDNA and comparison with that of other known methanotrophic bacteria confirmed that strain Fn 14 is very close to the genus Methylocystis. The sMMO is expressed only during growth under copper limitation (<0.1 mu M) and with ammonium or nitrate ions as the nitrogen source. The enzyme exhibits a low substrate specificity and is able to oxidize several alkanes and alkenes, cyclic hydrocarbons, aromatics, and halogenic aromatics. It has three components, hydroxylase, reductase and protein B, which is involved in enzyme regulation and increases sMMO activity about 10-fold. The relative molecular masses of the native components were estimated to be 229, 41, and 18 kDa, respectively. The hydroxylase contains three subunits,vith relative molecular masses of 57, 43, and 23 kDa, which are present in stoichiometric amounts, suggesting that the native protein has an alpha(2)beta(2)gamma(2) structure. We detected 3.6 mol of iron per mol of hydroxylase by atomic absorption spectrometry. sMMO is strongly inhibited by Hg2+ ions (with a total loss of enzyme activity at 0.01 mM Hg2+) and Cu2+, Zn2+, and Ni2+ ions (95, 80, and 40% loss of activity at 1 mM ions). The complete sMMO gene sequence has been determined. sMMO gene's from strain WI 14 are clustered on the chromosome and show a high degree of homology (at both the nucleotide and amino acid levels) to the corresponding genes from Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b, Methylocystis sp. strain M, and Methylococcus capsulatus (Bath).
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | T Technology > TP Chemical technology Q Science > QR Microbiology |
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Journal or Publication Title: | APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY | ||||
Publisher: | AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY | ||||
ISSN: | 0099-2240 | ||||
Official Date: | September 1999 | ||||
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Volume: | 65 | ||||
Number: | 9 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 7 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 3929-3935 | ||||
Publication Status: | Published |
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