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Highly divergent mitochondrial ATP synthase complexes in Tetrahymena thermophila.
PLoS biology - 13 Jul 2010
Balabaskaran Nina Praveen, Dudkina Natalya V, Kane Lesley A, van Eyk Jennifer E, Boekema Egbert J, Mather Michael W, Vaidya Akhil B
Abstract excerpt
The F-type ATP synthase complex is a rotary nano-motor driven by proton motive force to synthesize ATP. Its F(1) sector catalyzes ATP synthesis, whereas the F(o) sector conducts the protons and provides a stator for the rotary action of the complex. Components of both F(1) and F(o) sectors are highly conserved across prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Therefore, it was a surprise that genes encoding the a and b subunits...
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