title: Adenosine triphosphate usage by flagella.
abstract: Comparison of beat frequencies with rates of dephosphorylation of adenosine triphosphate by glycerinated sea urchin spermatozoa as functions of adenosine triphosphate concentration suggests that each molecule of the flagellar adenosine triphosphatase, dynein, dephosphorylates one adenosine triphosphate molecule during each beat cycle.
mesh_terms: D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases / Q000378:metabolism; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D002923:Cilia / Q000201:enzymology; D004447:Echinodermata; D005407:Flagella / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000378:metabolism*; D013768:Tetrahymena / Q000166:cytology
chemical_list: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases