| methane | <chemistry> A light, colourless, gaseous, inflammable hydrocarbon, CH4; marsh gas. See Marsh gas, under Gas. <chemistry> Methane series, a series of saturated hydrocarbons, of which methane is the first member and type, and (because of their general chemical inertness and indifference) called also the paraffin (little affinity) series. The lightest members are gases, as methane, ethane; intermediate members are liquids, as hexane, heptane, etc. (found in benzine, kerosene, etc); while the highest members are white, waxy, or fatty solids, as paraffin proper. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| methane monooxygenase | <enzyme> Mmoc encodes protein c of soluble methane monooxygenase (smmo); pmmo (membrane-associated methane monooxygenase) contains 4 moles of nonheme iron and 1 mole of copper per mole enzyme complex Registry number: EC 1.14.13.25 Synonym: methane monooxygenase component a, methane monooxygenase component c, methane monooxygenase hydroxylase, mmoc gene product, pmmo gene product (26 Jun 1999) |
| methanesulfonic acid monooxygenase | <enzyme> Catalyses conversion of methanesulfonic acid to formaldehyde and sulfite; requires NADH; consists of a, b, and c components; component c is an iron-sulfur protein Registry number: EC 1.14.13.- Synonym: msa monooxygenase, msmc component (26 Jun 1999) |