title: Molecular architecture of the rotary motor in ATP synthase.
abstract: Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) synthase contains a rotary motor involved in biological energy conversion. Its membrane-embedded F0 sector has a rotation generator fueled by the proton-motive force, which provides the energy required for the synthesis of ATP by the F1 domain. An electron density map obtained from crystals of a subcomplex of yeast mitochondrial ATP synthase shows a ring of 10 c subunits. Each c subunit forms an alpha-helical hairpin. The interhelical loops of six to seven of the c subunits are in close contact with the gamma and delta subunits of the central stalk. The extensive contact between the c ring and the stalk suggests that they may rotate as an ensemble during catalysis.
authors.affiliation: Medical Research Council Dunn Human Nutrition Unit, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2XY, UK.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Stock
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Leslie
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Walker
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D002384:Catalysis; D003460:Crystallization; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000201:enzymology; D008958:Models, Molecular; D020409:Molecular Motor Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D011487:Protein Conformation; D017510:Protein Folding; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D018892:Proton-Motive Force; D006180:Proton-Translocating ATPases / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D011522:Protons; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000201:enzymology
chemical_list: D020409:Molecular Motor Proteins; D011522:Protons; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D006180:Proton-Translocating ATPases