ROTATION OF THE GAMMA-SUBUNIT IN F1-ATPASE - EVIDENCE THAT ATP SYNTHASE IS A ROTARY MOTOR ENZYME

Authors
YASUDA R NOJI H KINOSITA K MOTOJIMA F YOSHIDA M
Citation
R. Yasuda et al., ROTATION OF THE GAMMA-SUBUNIT IN F1-ATPASE - EVIDENCE THAT ATP SYNTHASE IS A ROTARY MOTOR ENZYME, Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes, 29(3), 1997, pp. 207-209
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Biophysics,"Cell Biology
Journal title
Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes → ACNP
ISSN journal
0145479X
Volume
29
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
207 - 209
Database
ISI
SICI code
0145-479X(1997)29:3<207:ROTGIF>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
ATP-dependent, azide-sensitive rotation of the gamma subunit relative to the alpha(3) beta(3) hexagonal ring of ATP synthase was observed wi th a single molecule imaging system. Thus, ATP synthase is a rotary mo tor enzyme, the first ever found.