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Methane monooxygenase belongs to the class of oxidoreductase enzymes (EC 1.14.13.25). There are two forms of MMO: the well-studied soluble form (sMMO) and the particulate form (pMMO). [2] The active site in sMMO contains a di-iron center bridged by an oxygen atom (Fe-O-Fe), whereas the active site in pMMO utilizes copper.
Structure of pMMO. Rosenzweig determined the molecular structures of Nature's main methane oxidation catalysts. Methane monooxygenases are metalloenzymes found in the family of methanotrophic bacteria. These enzymes belong in the oxidoreductase class. They activate carbon-hydrogen bonds to selectively install oxygen onto their substrate.
Methanobactin (mb) is a class of copper-binding and reducing chromophoric peptides initially identified in the methanotroph Methylococcus capsulatus Bath - and later in Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b - during the isolation of the membrane-associated or particulate methane monooxygenase (pMMO). [1]
Even though all methanotrophs can form particulate methane monooxygenase (pMMO), the ability to produce soluble methane monooxygenase (sMMO) is limited to type II methanotrophs. [10] These enzymes perform the same purpose for cellular function, but sMMO has a much higher specificity compared to pMMO. [8]
Some specific methanotrophs can reduce nitrate, [19] nitrite, [20] iron, [21] sulfate, [22] or manganese ions and couple that to methane oxidation without syntrophic partner. Investigations in marine environments revealed that methane can be oxidized anaerobically by consortia of methane oxidizing archaea and sulfate-reducing bacteria.
Anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM) is a methane-consuming microbial process occurring in anoxic marine and freshwater sediments. AOM is known to occur among mesophiles , but also in psychrophiles , thermophiles , halophiles , acidophiles , and alkophiles . [ 1 ]
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Some organisms can oxidize methane, functionally reversing the process of methanogenesis, also referred to as the anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM). Organisms performing AOM have been found in multiple marine and freshwater environments including methane seeps, hydrothermal vents, coastal sediments and sulfate-methane transition zones. [8]