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The structure of a bacterial methane oxidation complex reveals how protein-protein interactions can mediate coupling of proton, electron and substrate delivery to a metal active site.

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Figure 1: Protein-protein interactions in the MMOH–MMOB methane oxidation complex modulate access to the active site.

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