title: Expression of individual copies of Methylococcus capsulatus bath particulate methane monooxygenase genes.
abstract: The expression of the two gene clusters encoding the particulate methane monooxygenase (pMMO) in Methylococcus capsulatus Bath was assessed by analysis of transcripts and by use of chromosomal gene fusions. The results suggest that the two clusters are functionally redundant but that relative expression alters depending on the copper levels available for growth.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stolyar
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Franke
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Lidstrom
mesh_terms: D019677:Artificial Gene Fusion / Q000379:methods; D001483:Base Sequence; D002876:Chromosomes, Bacterial; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics; D018628:Gene Dosage; D017930:Genes, Reporter; D020619:Methylococcus capsulatus / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D005810:Multigene Family; D010105:Oxygenases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D010105:Oxygenases; C021555:methane monooxygenase