ATP synthase is a ubiquitous, highly conserved enzyme that catalyses the formation of ATP from ADP and P i using a unique rotary motor mechanism. The enzyme is located in the inner membrane of ...

Bonn, January 10, 2023 - Scientists led by Prof. Thomas Becker, Director of the Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University Hospital Bonn (UKB), have gained new insights into the ...

The chemical ATP, adenosine triphosphate, is the fuel that powers all life. Despite ATP's central role, the structure of the enzyme generating ATP, F1Fo-ATP synthase, in mammals, including humans, has ...

A team of specialists in nano-sized rotational motors have directly visualized the process of pumping sodium ions, enabling them to explain why there had up until now appeared to be a structural ...

Philosophical Transactions: Biological Sciences, Vol. 368, No. 1611, Single molecule cellular biophysics: combining physics, biochemistry and cell biology to study the individual molecules of life (5 ...

Found inside mitochondria, ATP synthase generates the energy storage molecule adenosine triphosphate, which the cells of all living things use for fuel. The enzyme generally looks similar in shape ...