Introduction
ATP Synthase is an elaborate bio-motor. This complex drives synthesis of the ATP, the energy currency of the cell. This complex uses the free energy of proton gradient across inner mitochondrial membrane to regenerate ATP from it’s precursors ADP and Pi.
Mechanism
Protons in their journey from inter membrane space to matrix induce rotation in c-subunit of ATP Synthase, this in turn provokes rotation of yet other subunit, The gamma subunit. This subunit induce conformational changes in F1 subunits and these events leads to synthesis of a ATP.
Molpaper
This image is created from protein data bank data file provided by RCSB. This image does not represent actual structure of ATP Synthase since it lacks several subunits.
