ATP synthase — a marvellous rotary engine of the cell
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- 1 September 2001
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Nature in Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
- Vol. 2 (9) , 669-677
- https://doi.org/10.1038/35089509
Abstract
ATP synthase can be thought of as a complex of two motors — the ATP-driven F1 motor and the proton-driven Fo motor — that rotate in opposite directions. The mechanisms by which rotation and catalysis are coupled in the working enzyme are now being unravelled on a molecular scale.Keywords
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