Bioinorganic hydrocarbon oxidation : mechanistic and kinetic studies of the soluble methane monooxygenase from Methylococcus capsulates (bath)

Abstract

Chapter 1. Principles of Small Molecule Activation by Metalloproteins as Exemplified by the Soluble Methane Monooxygenase -- Chapter 2. Small Molecule Binding to the Mixed-Valent Diiron Center of Methane Monooxygenase Hydroxylase from Methylococcus capsulatus (Bath) as Revealed by ENDOR Spectroscopy -- Chapter 3. An EPR Study of the Dinuclear Iron Site in the Soluble Methane Monooxygenase Reduced by One Electron at 77 K: the Effect of Component Interactions and the Binding of Small Molecules to the Dinuclear Ferric Center -- Chapter 4. An Investigation of the Reaction of Diferrous Methane Monooxygenase Hydroxylase with Dioxygen and Substrates by Rapid Freeze- Quench and Stopped-Flow Spectroscopy -- Chapter 5. Oxidation of Radical Clock Substrate Probes by the Soluble Methane Monooxygenase System -- Chapter 6. Tritiated Chiral Alkanes as Probes for the Mechanism of Hydroxylation by the Soluble Methane Monooxygenase.