The biochemistry of methane oxidation

AS Hakemian, AC Rosenzweig - Annu. Rev. Biochem., 2007 - annualreviews.org
Methanotrophic bacteria oxidize methane to methanol in the first step of their metabolic
pathway. Two forms of methane monooxygenase (MMO) enzymes catalyze this reaction …

Structure, mechanism and physiological roles of bacterial cytochrome c peroxidases

JM Atack, DJ Kelly - Advances in microbial physiology, 2006 - Elsevier
Cytochrome-c peroxidases (CCPs) are a widespread family of enzymes that catalyse the
conversion of hydrogen peroxide (H 2 O 2) to water using haem co-factors. CCPs are found …

A Comparison of Methanobactins from Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b and Methylocystis Strain SB2 Predicts Methanobactins Are Synthesized from Diverse …

BD Krentz, HJ Mulheron, JD Semrau, AA DiSpirito… - Biochemistry, 2010 - ACS Publications
Methanobactins (mb) are low-molecular mass, copper-binding molecules secreted by most
methanotrophic bacteria. These molecules have been identified for a number of …

Extracellular Electron Transfer via Outer Membrane Cytochromes in a Methanotrophic Bacterium Methylococcus capsulatus (Bath)

K Tanaka, S Yokoe, K Igarashi, M Takashino… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Electron exchange reactions between microbial cells and solid materials, referred to as
extracellular electron transfer (EET), have attracted attention in the fields of microbial …

Genome mining for methanobactins

GE Kenney, AC Rosenzweig - BMC biology, 2013 - Springer
Abstract Background Methanobactins (Mbns) are a family of copper-binding natural products
involved in copper uptake by methanotrophic bacteria. The few Mbns that have been …

Cell wall fractions from Methylococcus capsulatus prevent soybean meal-induced enteritis in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

OH Romarheim, T Landsverk, LT Mydland, A Skrede… - Aquaculture, 2013 - Elsevier
Plant based feed ingredients pose a risk for develo** intestinal inflammatory diseases in
fish. The salmon is in particular sensitive to solvent extracted soybean meal (SBM). Recent …

Efficient Counterselection for Methylococcus capsulatus (Bath) by Using a Mutated pheS Gene

M Ishikawa, S Yokoe, S Kato, K Hori - Applied and Environmental …, 2018 - journals.asm.org
Methylococcus capsulatus (Bath) is a representative gammaproteobacterial methanotroph
that has been studied extensively in diverse research fields. The sacB gene, which encodes …

Transcriptomic profiling of Methylococcus capsulatus (Bath) during growth with two different methane monooxygenases

Ø Larsen, OA Karlsen - Microbiologyopen, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Methylococcus capsulatus (Bath) is a methanotroph that possesses both a membrane‐
embedded (pMMO) and a soluble methane monooxygenase (sMMO). The expression of …

An oxidized tryptophan facilitates copper binding in Methylococcus capsulatus-secreted protein MopE

R Helland, A Fjellbirkeland, OA Karlsen, T Ve… - Journal of Biological …, 2008 - jbc.org
Proteins can coordinate metal ions with endogenous nitrogen and oxygen ligands through
backbone amino and carbonyl groups, but the amino acid side chains coordinating metals …

Surface layers of methanotrophic bacteria

VN Khmelenina, NE Suzina, YA Trotsenko - Microbiology, 2013 - Springer
Structural and functional characteristics of the regular glycoprotein layers in prokaryotes are
analyzed with a special emphasis on aerobic methanotrophic bacteria. S-Layers are present …