Question

Does adding methanol to the MoxR protein gene increase the function of the gene? Please explain thoroughly

Answer 1

MoxR is the key regulator of the protein methanol dehydrogenase.

Methanol dehydrogenase is the enzyme that helps in catalyzing the following chemical reaction:

methanol formaldehyde + 2 electrons + 2H+

In methylotropic proteibacteria, methanol dehydrogenase (MDH) is an important enzyme in utilization of methane and methanol.

Since the enzyme uses methanol, thus high level of methanol would serve as a positive feedback for the production of the enzyme which catalyzes methanol into formaldehyde.

Thus, adding methanol to the MoxR protein gene increase the function of the gene and thereby increase the production of methanol dehydrogenase.