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Author(s) -
Merkx Maarten,
Kopp Daniel A.,
Sazinsky Matthew H.,
Blazyk Jessica L.,
Müller Jens,
Lippard Stephen J.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/1521-3773(20010803)40:15<2725::aid-anie2725>3.0.co;2-j
Subject(s) - schematic , methanol , monooxygenase , methane , chemistry , methane monooxygenase , catalysis , cover (algebra) , helix (gastropod) , stereochemistry , catalytic cycle , enzyme , photochemistry , organic chemistry , ecology , biology , cytochrome p450 , engineering , mechanical engineering , electronic engineering , snail
The cover picture shows in the background the whole cell of a methanotrophic bacterium on which are superimposed components of methane monooxygenase (the structure of the hydroxylase component (top), one of the two four‐helix bundles that house the catalytic diiron centers (left)) and a schematic diagram of the catalytic cycle by which the enzyme converts dioxygen and methane into methanol and water. More about this unusual enzyme system is reported by Lippard et al. on p. 2782 ff.