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The particulate methane monooxygenase (pMMO) from Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b was partiallypurified and characterized by measuring the effects of reducing agents and additives, and the stability ofpMMO was studied. Duroquinol was a suitable reducing agent, and pMMO was stabilized by bovine serumalbumin (BSA). Among the additivies, the copper (II) ion stimulated pMMO at low concentration andinhibited at high concentration. The optimum conditions for pMMO activity were as follows: 45 ° C, pH 6.5and 55 mM 3-morpholinopropanesulfonic acid (MOPS) buffer, and the rate of propene epoxide formationwas 13.6 nmol min mg protein. ESR spectra indicate that the copper cluster in the membrane fraction isreduced by duroquinol and oxidized by dioxygen. The result suggests that the copper cluster is containedin the active site of pMMO.
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Takeguchi, M., Miyakawa, K. & Okura, I. Properties of the membranes containing the particulate methane monooxygenase from Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b. Biometals 11, 229–234 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009278216452
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