Structure and activity of particulate methane monooxygenase arrays in methanotrophs

oleh: Yanan Zhu, Christopher W. Koo, C. Keith Cassidy, Matthew C. Spink, Tao Ni, Laura C. Zanetti-Domingues, Benji Bateman, Marisa L. Martin-Fernandez, Juan Shen, Yuewen Sheng, Yun Song, Zhengyi Yang, Amy C. Rosenzweig, Peijun Zhang

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Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2022-09-01

Deskripsi

Particulate methane monooxygenase (pMMO) is the main enzyme used by methanotrophs. Here, the authors determined the native structure of pMMO by cryo-electron tomography, revealing lipid-stabilized features and a higher-order hexagonal array arrangement in intact cells.