Structural highlights
Function
[MEMA_METCA] 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. [MEMG_METCA] 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. [MEMB_METCA] 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.
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
To investigate the role of protein cavities in facilitating movement of the substrates, methane and dioxygen, in the soluble methane monooxygenase hydroxylase (MMOH), we determined the X-ray structures of MMOH from Methylococcus capsulatus (Bath) cocrystallized with dibromomethane or iodoethane, or by using crystals pressurized with xenon gas. The halogenated alkanes bind in two cavities within the alpha-subunit that extend from one surface of the protein to the buried dinuclear iron active site. Two additional binding sites were located in the beta-subunit. Pressurization of two crystal forms of MMOH with xenon resulted in the identification of six binding sites located exclusively in the alpha-subunit. These results indicate that hydrophobic species bind preferentially in preexisting cavities in MMOH and support the hypothesis that such cavities may play a functional role in sequestering and enhancing the availability of the physiological substrates for reaction at the active site.
Xenon and halogenated alkanes track putative substrate binding cavities in the soluble methane monooxygenase hydroxylase.,Whittington DA, Rosenzweig AC, Frederick CA, Lippard SJ Biochemistry. 2001 Mar 27;40(12):3476-82. PMID:11297413[1]
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References
- ↑ Whittington DA, Rosenzweig AC, Frederick CA, Lippard SJ. Xenon and halogenated alkanes track putative substrate binding cavities in the soluble methane monooxygenase hydroxylase. Biochemistry. 2001 Mar 27;40(12):3476-82. PMID:11297413
