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Structure and conformational states of the bovine mitochondrial ATP synthase by cryo-EM.


ABSTRACT: Adenosine triphosphate (ATP), the chemical energy currency of biology, is synthesized in eukaryotic cells primarily by the mitochondrial ATP synthase. ATP synthases operate by a rotary catalytic mechanism where proton translocation through the membrane-inserted FO region is coupled to ATP synthesis in the catalytic F1 region via rotation of a central rotor subcomplex. We report here single particle electron cryomicroscopy (cryo-EM) analysis of the bovine mitochondrial ATP synthase. Combining cryo-EM data with bioinformatic analysis allowed us to determine the fold of the a subunit, suggesting a proton translocation path through the FO region that involves both the a and b subunits. 3D classification of images revealed seven distinct states of the enzyme that show different modes of bending and twisting in the intact ATP synthase. Rotational fluctuations of the c8-ring within the FO region support a Brownian ratchet mechanism for proton-translocation-driven rotation in ATP synthases.

SUBMITTER: Zhou A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4718723 | biostudies-other | 2015 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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Structure and conformational states of the bovine mitochondrial ATP synthase by cryo-EM.

Zhou Anna A   Rohou Alexis A   Schep Daniel G DG   Bason John V JV   Montgomery Martin G MG   Walker John E JE   Grigorieff Nikolaus N   Rubinstein John L JL  

eLife 20151006


Adenosine triphosphate (ATP), the chemical energy currency of biology, is synthesized in eukaryotic cells primarily by the mitochondrial ATP synthase. ATP synthases operate by a rotary catalytic mechanism where proton translocation through the membrane-inserted FO region is coupled to ATP synthesis in the catalytic F1 region via rotation of a central rotor subcomplex. We report here single particle electron cryomicroscopy (cryo-EM) analysis of the bovine mitochondrial ATP synthase. Combining cry  ...[more]

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