Biological and Biochemical Methane Reactions. Annual Report March 1987-February 1988

摘要

The project is aimed at determining those features of the enzyme methane monooxygenase that contribute to its catalytic conversion of methane to methanol. Biological and biochemical efforts identified the essential nature of the bi-metal center at the active site of the enzyme, solubilized its more active copper-dependent form, and found and screened many new methanotrophs which function in widely different chemical and physical environments.