Structure of the key species in the enzymatic oxidation of methane to methanol

Rahul Banerjee, Yegor Proshlyakov, John D. Lipscomb () and Denis A. Proshlyakov ()
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Rahul Banerjee: Molecular Biology & Biophysics, University of Minnesota
Yegor Proshlyakov: Michigan State University
John D. Lipscomb: Molecular Biology & Biophysics, University of Minnesota
Denis A. Proshlyakov: Michigan State University

Nature, 2015, vol. 518, issue 7539, 431-434

Abstract: Time-resolved resonance Raman vibrational spectroscopy was used to study the mechanism of soluble methane monooxygenase and obtain structural information on the key reaction cycle intermediate, compound Q, which contains a unique dinuclear FeIV cluster that breaks the strong C-H bond of methane and inserts an oxygen atom (from O2) to form methanol.

Date: 2015
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