Rotation of F1-ATPase: How an ATP-Driven Molecular Machine May Work
- 9 June 2004
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Annual Reviews in Annual Review of Biophysics
- Vol. 33 (1) , 245-268
- https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.biophys.33.110502.132716
Abstract
▪ Abstract F1-ATPase is a rotary motor made of a single protein molecule. Its rotation is driven by free energy obtained by ATP hydrolysis. In vivo, another motor, Fo, presumably rotates the F1 motor in the reverse direction, reversing also the chemical reaction in F1 to let it synthesize ATP. Here we attempt to answer two related questions, How is free energy obtained by ATP hydrolysis converted to the mechanical work of rotation, and how is mechanical work done on F1 converted to free energy to produce ATP? After summarizing single-molecule observations of F1 rotation, we introduce a toy model and discuss its free-energy diagrams to possibly answer the above questions. We also discuss the efficiency of molecular motors in general.Keywords
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