Rotation of the gamma subunit in F1-ATPase; evidence that ATP synthase is a rotary motor enzyme.
ATP-dependent, azide-sensitive rotation of the gamma subunit relative to the alpha3beta3 hexagonal ring of ATP synthase was observed with a single molecule imaging system. Thus, ATP synthase is a rotary motor enzyme, the first ever found.
Yasuda
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Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University, Yokohama, Japan.
Noji
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Kinosita
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Motojima
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Yoshida
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D001407:Bacillus / Q000201:enzymology; D004926:Escherichia coli; D007536:Isomerism; D008958:Models, Molecular; D006180:Proton-Translocating ATPases / Q000737:chemistry*
D006180:Proton-Translocating ATPases