Primary Recipient

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY

Amount

$617,009.00

Award Date

7/20/2009

Administering Agency

National Science Foundation

CDFA Number

47.082

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support

Description

Methanobactin (Mb) is a small copper-chelating molecule isolated from methanotrophic bacteria, organisms that utilize methane as their sole carbon source. Methanobactin facilitates copper uptake and may also function in regulation of methane monooxygenase