{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Kang-Yun CS"],"funding":["U.S. Department of Energy","Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen","National Science Foundation"],"pagination":["211-220"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC8692452"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["16(1)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Aerobic methanotrophy is strongly controlled by copper, and methanotrophs are known to use different mechanisms for copper uptake. Some methanotrophs secrete a modified polypeptide-methanobactin-while others utilize a surface-bound protein (MopE) and a secreted form of it (MopE*) for copper collection. As different methanotrophs have different means of sequestering copper, competition for copper significantly impacts methanotrophic activity. Herein, we show that Methylomicrobium album BG8, Methylocystis sp. strain Rockwell, and Methylococcus capsulatus Bath, all lacking genes for methanobactin biosynthesis, are not limited for copper by multiple forms of methanobactin. Interestingly, Mm. album BG8 and Methylocystis sp. strain Rockwell were found to have genes similar to mbnT that encodes f"],"journal":["The ISME journal"],"pubmed_title":["Evidence for methanobactin \"Theft\" and novel chalkophore production in methanotrophs: impact on methanotrophic-mediated methylmercury degradation."],"pmcid":["PMC8692452"],"funding_grant_id":["1724430","DE-SC00018059"],"pubmed_authors":["Liang X","Lu X","DiSpirito AA","Gu W","Pelger DJ","Zhang L","Flatley A","Lichtmannegger J","Semrau JD","Ledesma JC","Gu B","Kang-Yun CS","Zischka H","Schepers A","Dershwitz P"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Evidence for methanobactin \"Theft\" and novel chalkophore production in methanotrophs: impact on methanotrophic-mediated methylmercury degradation.","description":"Aerobic methanotrophy is strongly controlled by copper, and methanotrophs are known to use different mechanisms for copper uptake. Some methanotrophs secrete a modified polypeptide-methanobactin-while others utilize a surface-bound protein (MopE) and a secreted form of it (MopE*) for copper collection. As different methanotrophs have different means of sequestering copper, competition for copper significantly impacts methanotrophic activity. Herein, we show that Methylomicrobium album BG8, Methylocystis sp. strain Rockwell, and Methylococcus capsulatus Bath, all lacking genes for methanobactin biosynthesis, are not limited for copper by multiple forms of methanobactin. Interestingly, Mm. album BG8 and Methylocystis sp. strain Rockwell were found to have genes similar to mbnT that encodes f","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Jan","modification":"2025-04-26T00:27:59.55Z","creation":"2025-04-06T09:41:48.395Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC8692452","cross_references":{"pubmed":["34290379"],"doi":["10.1038/s41396-021-01062-1"]}}