The atmosphere has recently been recognized as a major source of energy sustaining life.
Diverse aerobic bacteria oxidize the three most abundant reduced trace gases in the …

Methane is a potent greenhouse gas that contributes significantly to climate change and is
primarily regulated in Nature by methanotrophic bacteria, which consume methane gas as …

Nature's primary methane-oxidizing enzyme, the membrane-bound particulate methane
monooxygenase (pMMO), catalyses the oxidation of methane to methanol. Copper is …

Bacterial methane oxidation using the enzyme particulate methane monooxygenase
(pMMO) contributes to the removal of environmental methane, a potent greenhouse gas …

Particulate methane monooxygenase (pMMO) plays a critical role in catalyzing the
conversion of methane to methanol, constituting the initial step in the C1 metabolic pathway …

Activating the C–H bonds of alkanes without further oxidation to more thermodynamically
stable products, CO and CO2, is a long-sought goal of catalytic chemistry. Inspired by the …

Methane-utilizing bacteria (methanotrophs), which inhabit various environments such as
wetlands, rice paddies and the surface of aquatic plants are known to convert methane to …

In this report, we investigate the physical and chemical properties of monocopper Cu (I)
superoxo and Cu (II) peroxo and hydroperoxo complexes. These are prepared by …

This review summarizes the latest discoveries in the field of C–H activation by copper
monoxygenases and more particularly by their bioinspired systems. This work first describes …

Particulate methane monooxygenase (pMMO) is a multi-subunit membrane metalloenzyme
used by methanotrophic bacteria to convert methane to methanol. A major hurdle to studying …