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Two distinct proton binding sites in the ATP synthase family.
Biochemistry - 23 Oct 2007
von Ballmoos Christoph, Dimroth Peter
Abstract excerpt
The F1F0 ATP synthase utilizes energy stored in an electrochemical gradient of protons (or Na+ ions) across the membrane to synthesize ATP from ADP and phosphate. Current models predict that the protonation/deprotonation of specific acidic c ring residues is at the core of the proton translocation mechanism by this enzyme. To probe the mode of proton binding, we measured the covalent modification of the acidic c...
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