title: [Advances in biomolecular machine: methane monooxygenases].
abstract: Methane monooxygenases (MMO), regarded as "an amazing biomolecular machine", catalyze the oxidation of methane to methanol under aerobic conditions. MMO catalyze the oxidation of methane elaborately, which is a novel way to catalyze methane to methanol. Furthermore, MMO can inspire the biomolecular machine design. In this review, we introduced MMO including structure, gene and catalytic mechanism. The history and the taxonomy of MMO were also introduced.
authors.forename: Jixue
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Shizhen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Baishan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Fang
mesh_terms: D002384:Catalysis; D008697:Methane / Q000378:metabolism*; D000432:Methanol / Q000378:metabolism*; D010105:Oxygenases / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D010105:Oxygenases; C021555:methane monooxygenase; D008697:Methane; D000432:Methanol