Abstract
Methane monooxygenase from Methylobacterium sp. strain CRL-26 which catalyzes the oxygenation of hydrocarbons was resolved into two components, a hydroxylase and a flavoprotein. An anaerobic procedure was developed for the purification of the hydroxylase to homogeneity. The molecular weight of the hydroxylase as determined by gel filtration was 220,000, and that determined by sedimentation equilibrium analysis was about 225,000. The purified hydroxylase contained three nonidentical subunits with molecular weights of about 55,000, 40,000, and 20,000, in equal amounts as judged by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, indicating that it is an alpha 2 beta 2 gamma 2 protein. Optical absorption spectra revealed peaks near 408 and 280 nm, and fluorescence spectra revealed emission peaks at 490 and 630 nm. The purified hydroxylase contained 2.8 +/- 0.2 mol of iron and 0.5 +/- 0.1 mol of zinc per mol of protein but negligible amounts of acid-labile sulfide. The antisera prepared against the hydroxylase showed cross-reactivity with hydroxylase components in soluble extracts from other methanotrophs.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Subject
Molecular Biology,Microbiology
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