Electron microscopy of beef heart mitochondrial F1-ATPase.
The quaternary structure of isolated and membrane-bound F1-ATPase (submitochondrial particles) has been studied by electron microscopy. A model of the molecule has been proposed: six protein masses are arranged in two layers approximately at the vertices of a triangular antiprism. Computer averaging of the images showed that the frontal view of the molecule can be approximately characterized by mirror plane symmetry.
D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008929:Mitochondria, Heart / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008958:Models, Molecular; D011487:Protein Conformation; D006180:Proton-Translocating ATPases
D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D006180:Proton-Translocating ATPases