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Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 2, 669-677 (September 2001) | doi:10.1038/35089509
ATP synthase — a marvellous rotary engine of the cell
Masasuke Yoshida1,2, Eiro Muneyuki1 & Toru Hisabori1 About the authors
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Abstract
ATP synthase can be thought of as a complex of two motors — the ATP-driven F1 motor and the proton-driven Fo motor — that rotate in opposite directions. The mechanisms by which rotation and catalysis are coupled in the working enzyme are now being unravelled on a molecular scale.
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Author affiliations
- Chemical Resources Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Nagatsuta 4259, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan.
- Email: myoshida@res.titech.ac.jp
