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Yeast phosphorylase is regulated by phosphorylation. Details of the structure of the unphosphorylated, inactive enzyme suggest how the addition of a phosphate group activates the catalytic function of the protein.
The structure of the bovine mitochondrial F1-ATPase lends further support to the idea that the enzyme generates ATP from a proton gradient by spinning like a top.