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36 degrees step size of proton-driven c-ring rotation in FoF1-ATP synthase.
The EMBO journal - 16 Sept 2009
Düser Monika G, Zarrabi Nawid, Cipriano Daniel J, Ernst Stefan, Glick Gary D, Dunn Stanley D, Börsch Michael
Abstract excerpt
Synthesis of adenosine triphosphate ATP, the 'biological energy currency', is accomplished by F(o)F(1)-ATP synthase. In the plasma membrane of Escherichia coli, proton-driven rotation of a ring of 10 c subunits in the F(o) motor powers catalysis in the F(1) motor. Although F(1) uses 120 degrees stepping during ATP synthesis, models of F(o) predict either an incremental rotation of c subunits in 36 degrees steps...
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