FEATURES

FAMILY

DESCRIPTION

Also known as MEMA_METCA, mmoX. Responsible for the initial oxygenation of methane to methanol in methanotrophs. It also catalyzes the monohydroxylation of a variety of unactivated alkenes, alicyclic, aromatic and heterocyclic compounds. M.capsulatus has two forms of methane monooxygenase, a soluble and a membrane-bound type. The soluble type consists of four components (A to D): protein A, comprising three chains, in an alpha-2, beta-2, gamma-2 configuration, is a nonheme iron protein containing an unusual mu-hydroxo bridge structure at its active site and interacts with both oxygen and methane.

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enzyme classification

mmoX

Methane monooxygenase component A alpha chain

mmoX

Molecular Synopsis