UniProt functional annotation for Q60AR3

UniProt code: Q60AR3.

Organism: Methylococcus capsulatus (strain ATCC 33009 / NCIMB 11132 / Bath).
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Gammaproteobacteria; Methylococcales; Methylococcaceae; Methylococcus.
 
Function: Catalyzes the oxidation of primary alcohols including methanol. {ECO:0000256|PIRNR:PIRNR029163}.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=2 [Fe(III)cytochrome cL] + a primary alcohol = 2 [Fe(II)cytochrome cL] + an aldehyde + 2 H(+); Xref=Rhea:RHEA:51004, Rhea:RHEA-COMP:12863, Rhea:RHEA-COMP:12864, ChEBI:CHEBI:15378, ChEBI:CHEBI:15734, ChEBI:CHEBI:17478, ChEBI:CHEBI:29033, ChEBI:CHEBI:29034; EC=1.1.2.7; Evidence={ECO:0000256|PIRNR:PIRNR029163};
Subunit: Heterotetramer composed of 2 alpha and 2 beta subunits. {ECO:0000256|PIRNR:PIRNR029163}.
Similarity: Belongs to the methanol dehydrogenase subunit 2 family. {ECO:0000256|PIRNR:PIRNR029163}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.