| Literature DB >> 10785638 |
J C Murrell1, I R McDonald, B Gilbert.
Abstract
Many methanotrophs contain both a soluble and a particulate methane monooxygenase. A unique metabolic switch, mediated by copper ions, regulates the expression of these enzymes. When the copper-to-biomass ratio of the cell is low, the soluble enzyme is expressed, and when the copper-to-biomass ratio is high, the particulate enzyme is expressed. A model for the mechanism of this switch is proposed.Entities:
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Year: 2000 PMID: 10785638 DOI: 10.1016/s0966-842x(00)01739-x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Trends Microbiol ISSN: 0966-842X Impact factor: 17.079