ATP Synthase: A Molecular Motor
ATP synthase is a huge molecular complex (>500,000 daltons) embedded in the inner membrane of mitochondria.
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ATP synthase
A cluster of several membrane proteins found in the mitochondrial cristae (and bacterial plasma membrane) that function in chemiosmosis with adjacent electron transport chains, ...
ATP synthase Molecular assembly of the inner mitochondrial membrane responsible for the respiratory-chain-driven synthesis of ATP. Also called Complex V, mitochondrial atpase, H+-atpase, or F0F1-atpase.
ATP synthase can produce ATP using as a direct energy source:
A. energy from the conversion of glucose to pyruvate
B. energy from the oxidation of pyruvate producing CO2 and H20 ...
ATP synthase A membrane-bound enzyme in mitochondria and chloroplasts that phosphorylates ADP to form ATP using energy from the passage of protons through the enzyme.
Atria Chambers of the heart.
"ATP synthase - a splendid molecular machine"
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Energy is required to pump hydrogen ions into the intermembrane space. The enzyme ATP synthase is able to use the energy of this osmotic gradient to produce ATP as the hydrogen ions move by osmosis back into the matrix of the mitochondrion.
Phosphorylation of ADP to ATP occurring when protons that are following a concentration gradient contact ATP synthase.
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integral membrane proteins that transport protons across a membrane against a concentration gradient. This transport is driven by hydrolysis of aTP by hydrogen-transporting ATP synthase.
 See also: ATP, Trans, Membrane, Mitochondria, Protein
  
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