Article
FRET reveals changes in the F1-stator stalk interaction during activity of F1F0-ATP synthase.
Biochimica et biophysica acta - 8 Dec 2003
Gavin Paul D, Devenish Rodney J, Prescott Mark
Abstract excerpt
A stator is proposed as necessary to prevent futile rotation of the F(1) catalytic sector of mitochondrial ATP synthase (mtATPase) during periods of ATP synthesis or ATP hydrolysis. Although the second stalk of mtATPase is generally believed to fulfil the role of a stator capable of withstanding the stress produced by rotation of the central rotor, there is little evidence to directly support this view. We show...
Topics
- Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer
- Genes, Reporter
- Mitochondrial Proton-Translocating ATPases
- Mutation
- Phosphates
- Protein Structure, Tertiary
- Spectrometry, Fluorescence
