Methylophilus methylotrophus protein

A protein, designated cyctochrome c", isolated from the methylotrophic bacterium Methylophilus methylotrophus, has been studied extensively because of its unusual properties and was found to have an average molecular mass of 14293.0 Da and to contain 124 amino acid residues. The A-terminal sequence to residue 62 had been determined and the heme binding site had been located at Cys-49 and Cys-52 [12]. Further studies were concerned with determining the remainder of the sequence. 

Table 5.9 Peptides detected during the LC-electrospray-MS (LC-ESMS) analysis of the endoproteinase Lys-C digest from native cytochrome c". Reprinted from Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 1412, Klarskov, K., Leys, D., Backers, K., Costa, H. S., Santos, H., Gnisez, Y. and Van Beenmen, J. J., Cytochrome c" from the obligate methylotroph Methylophilus methylotrophus, an unexpected homolog of sphaeroides heme protein from the phototroph Rhodobacter sphaeroides", 47-55, Copyright (1999), with permission from Elsevier Science...

Trimethylamine dehydrogenase is an iron-sulfur flavoprotein found in the methylotrophic bacterium Methylophilus methylotrophus W3A1. It catalyzes the oxidative N-demethylation of trimethylamine by water with formation of dimethylamine and formaldehyde (Steenkamp and Mallinson, 1976). The protein is a symmetrical dimer consisting of 166kDa subunits (Kasprzak et al., 1983 Lim et al., 1982). Each subunit contains one 4Fe-4S center and one FMN cofactor. The latter is bound covalently through the 6... 

Long, A. R., and Anthony, C., 1991, The periplasmic modifier protein for methanol dehydrogenase in the methylotrophs Methylophilus methylotrophus and Paracoccus denitrificans. Journal of General Microbiology 137 235392360. 

Page, M. D., and Anthony, C., 1986, Regulation of formaldehyde oxidation by the methanol dehydrogenase modifier proteins of Methylophilus methylotrophus and Pseudomonas AMI. Journal of General Microbiology 132 155391563. 

Methanol, which is relatively easily derived from methane and is also readily purified, avoids some of the contamination problems of the higher, n-paraffin carbon sources. Also methanol is easily put into aqueous solution at any desired concentration. This is the basis of Id s process to manufacture protein from methanol using Methylophilus methylotrophus, on a scale of 30,000-50,000 tonne/year [66] (Fig. 16.9). Recombinant DNA technology was employed to raise the efficiency of methanol conversion by this organism. The dry product trade named Pruteen contains 72% protein and is suitable for animal feed supplementation. 

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