Molecular structure of the modified cofactor from the enzyme (IMAGE)
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The figure shows the atomic composition of the cofactor with carbon, nitrogen, oxygen and nickel represented as balls and colored in orange, blue, red and green, respectively. Sticks represent the covalent bonds between atoms. The precise localization of each individual atom was possible thanks to the very sharp electron density (black mesh). Such high level of details revealed two extra methylations on the cofactor, highlighted by red arrows, these methylations do not exist in enzymes specialized for methane.
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Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology/ O. Lemaire and T. Wagner
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