Reaction: methanol + 2 oxidized cytochrome cL = formaldehyde + 2 reduced cytochrome cL
Other name(s): XoxF; XoxF-MDH; Ce-MDH; La3+-dependent MDH; Ce3+-induced methanol dehydrogenase; cerium dependent MDH
Systematic name: methanol:cytochrome cL oxidoreductase
Comments: Isolated from the bacterium Methylacidiphilum fumariolicum and many Methylobacterium species. Requires La3+, Ce3+, Pr3+ or Nd3+. The higher lanthanides show decreasing activity with Sm3+, Eu3+ and Gd3+. The lanthanide is coordinated by the enzyme and pyrroloquinoline quinone. Shows little activity with Ca2+, the required cofactor of EC 1.1.2.7, methanol dehydrogenase (cytochrome c).
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References:
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