Modeling The Methanobactin In Particulate Methane Monooxygenase (pMMO)

In this research, the structures and properties of soluble methane monooxygenase (sMMO) and particulate methane monooxygenase (pMMO) in methanotrophs are briefly described. The structure and functions of methanobactin which is related to the pMMO and the relationship between the methanobactin and the pMMO are also discussed in details. We also describe synthetic reactions of imidazole and pyrazole derivatives using D-fructose and pyrazole as precursors to prepare multidentate ligands containing {NS} donor atoms. We tried to react these ligands with tetraacetonitrolecopper(I) to synthesise model complexes of the methanobactin. All related compounds are characterised using FTIR, NMR, MS spectroscopic and X-ray crystallographic techniques.