ATP synthase
The protein complex that couples proton import to ATP synthesis (and alternatively proton export to ATP hydrolysis). The enzyme uses the proton motor force at the membrane for ATP synthesis. It is composed of a integral Fo complex and the attached peripheral F1 complex.
Contents
Components of ATP synthase
Structure of ATP synthase: see here
See also: ATP synthesis
Important reviews
John E Walker
The ATP synthase: the understood, the uncertain and the unknown.
Biochem Soc Trans: 2013, 41(1);1-16
[PubMed:23356252]
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Ryota Iino, Hiroyuki Noji
Operation mechanism of F(o) F(1)-adenosine triphosphate synthase revealed by its structure and dynamics.
IUBMB Life: 2013, 65(3);238-46
[PubMed:23341301]
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Hendrik Sielaff, Michael Börsch
Twisting and subunit rotation in single F(O)(F1)-ATP synthase.
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci: 2013, 368(1611);20120024
[PubMed:23267178]
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Alan E Senior
Two ATPases.
J Biol Chem: 2012, 287(36);30049-62
[PubMed:22822068]
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Daichi Okuno, Ryota Iino, Hiroyuki Noji
Rotation and structure of FoF1-ATP synthase.
J Biochem: 2011, 149(6);655-64
[PubMed:21524994]
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Christoph von Ballmoos, Alexander Wiedenmann, Peter Dimroth
Essentials for ATP synthesis by F1F0 ATP synthases.
Annu Rev Biochem: 2009, 78;649-72
[PubMed:19489730]
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Joachim Weber
ATP synthase--the structure of the stator stalk.
Trends Biochem Sci: 2007, 32(2);53-6
[PubMed:17208001]
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Joachim Weber
ATP synthase: subunit-subunit interactions in the stator stalk.
Biochim Biophys Acta: 2006, 1757(9-10);1162-70
[PubMed:16730323]
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Important original publications
James Martin, Jennifer Hudson, Tassilo Hornung, Wayne D Frasch
Fo-driven Rotation in the ATP Synthase Direction against the Force of F1 ATPase in the FoF1 ATP Synthase.
J Biol Chem: 2015, 290(17);10717-28
[PubMed:25713065]
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