Methane monooxygenases (MMOs) mediate the facile conversion of methane into methanol
in methanotrophic bacteria with high efficiency under ambient conditions. Because the …

Methanotrophs, cells that consume methane (CH4) as their sole source of carbon and
energy, play key roles in the global carbon cycle, including controlling anthropogenic and …

Nature's primary methane-oxidizing enzyme, the membrane-bound particulate methane
monooxygenase (pMMO), catalyses the oxidation of methane to methanol. Copper is …

In the last few decades, worldwide scientists have been motivated by the promising
production of chemicals from the widely existing methane (CH4) under mild conditions for …

Natural gas is a mixture of low molecular weight hydrocarbon gases that can be generated
from either fossil or anthropogenic resources. Although natural gas is used as a …

Vast world reserves of methane gas are underutilized as a feedstock for the production of
liquid fuels and chemicals owing to the lack of economical and sustainable strategies for the …

Particulate methane monooxygenase (pMMO) is an integral membrane metalloenzyme that
catalyses the conversion of methane to methanol. Knowledge of how pMMO performs this …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the metabolic aspects of aerobic obligate
methanotrophy. Aerobic methanotrophs are a unique group of gram-negative bacteria that …

The field of isotope effects has expanded exponentially in the last decade, and researchers
are finding isotopes increasingly useful in their studies. Bringing literature on the subject up …

Methanotrophic bacteria oxidize methane to methanol in the first step of their metabolic
pathway. Two forms of methane monooxygenase (MMO) enzymes catalyze this reaction …