Direct Methane Oxidation by Copper-and Iron-Dependent Methane Monooxygenases

FJ Tucci, AC Rosenzweig - Chemical reviews, 2024 - ACS Publications
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 …

Engineered methanotrophy: a sustainable solution for methane-based industrial biomanufacturing

AD Nguyen, EY Lee - Trends in Biotechnology, 2021 - cell.com
Methane is a promising feedstock with high abundance and low cost for the sustainable
production of biochemicals and biofuels. Methanotrophic bacteria are particularly interesting …

A methanotrophic bacterium to enable methane removal for climate mitigation

L He, JD Groom, EH Wilson… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
The rapid increase of the potent greenhouse gas methane in the atmosphere creates great
urgency to develop and deploy technologies for methane mitigation. One approach to …

Native top-down mass spectrometry provides insights into the copper centers of membrane-bound methane monooxygenase

SY Ro, LF Schachner, CW Koo, R Purohit… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Aerobic methane oxidation is catalyzed by particulate methane monooxygenase (pMMO), a
copper-dependent, membrane metalloenzyme composed of subunits PmoA, PmoB, and …

Systematic metabolic engineering of Methylomicrobium alcaliphilum 20Z for 2, 3-butanediol production from methane

AD Nguyen, IY Hwang, OK Lee, D Kim… - Metabolic …, 2018 - Elsevier
Methane is considered a next-generation feedstock, and methanotrophic cell-based
biorefinery is attractive for production of a variety of high-value compounds from methane. In …

Genome scale metabolic modeling reveals the metabolic potential of three Type II methanotrophs of the genus Methylocystis

S Bordel, Y Rodríguez, A Hakobyan, E Rodríguez… - Metabolic …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Genome Scale Metabolic Models (GSMMs) of the recently sequenced Methylocystis
hirsuta and two other methanotrophs from the genus Methylocystis have been reconstructed …

The methane-oxidizing bacteria (methanotrophs)

MG Kalyuzhnaya, OA Gomez, JC Murrell - Taxonomy, genomics and …, 2019 - Springer
Aerobic methane-oxidizing bacteria (methanotrophs) have the unique ability to grow on
methane as their sole source of carbon and energy. They are ubiquitous in the environment …

[HTML][HTML] Recent trends and advances in biogas upgrading and methanotrophs-based valorization

B Comesaña-Gándara, O García-Depraect… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
The global quest for sustainability in industrial activities and waste management has
recently boosted biogas production worldwide. However, the rapid decrease in the levelized …

Type II methanotrophs: A promising microbial cell-factory platform for bioconversion of methane to chemicals

DTN Nguyen, OK Lee, TT Nguyen, EY Lee - Biotechnology Advances, 2021 - Elsevier
Methane, the predominant element in natural gas and biogas, represents a promising
alternative to carbon feedstocks in the biotechnological industry due to its low cost and high …

Untapped talents: insight into the ecological significance of methanotrophs and its prospects

EO Fenibo, R Selvarajan, H Wang, Y Wang… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
The deep ocean is a rich reservoir of unique organisms with great potential for
bioprospecting, ecosystem services, and the discovery of novel materials. These organisms …