Abstract
Adenosine triphosphate (ATP), the chemical energy currency of biology, is synthesized in eukaryotic cells primarily by the mitochondrial ATP synthase. ATP synthases operate by a rotary catalytic mechanism where proton translocation through the membrane-inserted FO region is coupled to ATP synthesis in the catalytic F1 region via rotation of a central rotor subcomplex. We report here single particle electron cryomicroscopy (cryo-EM) analysis of the bovine mitochondrial ATP synthase. Combining cryo-EM data with bioinformatic analysis allowed us to determine the fold of the a subunit, suggesting a proton translocation path through the FO region that involves both the a and b subunits. 3D classification of images revealed seven distinct states of the enzyme that show different modes of bending and twisting in the intact ATP synthase. Rotational fluctuations of the c8-ring within the FO region support a Brownian ratchet mechanism for proton-translocation-driven rotation in ATP synthases.
Authors
8
- Anna Zhou (first)
- Alexis Rohou (additional)
- Daniel G Schep (additional)
- John V Bason (additional)
- Martin G Montgomery (additional)
- John E Walker (additional)
- Nikolaus Grigorieff (additional)
- John L Rubinstein (additional)
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Created | 9 years, 10 months ago (Oct. 6, 2015, 7:43 a.m.) |
Deposited | 1 year, 10 months ago (Oct. 11, 2023, 8:53 p.m.) |
Indexed | 20 hours, 44 minutes ago (Aug. 20, 2025, 8:30 a.m.) |
Issued | 9 years, 10 months ago (Oct. 6, 2015) |
Published | 9 years, 10 months ago (Oct. 6, 2015) |
Published Online | 9 years, 10 months ago (Oct. 6, 2015) |
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Canadian Institutes of Health Research
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- Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
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- Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Ottawa ON
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- IRSC
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- MOP 81294
Medical Research Council
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- Medical Research Council (United Kingdom)
- UK Medical Research Council
- MRC
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- U105663150
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute Inc
- HHMI
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Canadian Institutes of Health Research
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Region: Americas
gov (National government)
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- Instituts de Recherche en Santé du Canada
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
- CIHR_IRSC
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Ottawa ON
- CIHR
- IRSC
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- postgraduate scholarship
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
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- Conseil de Recherches en Sciences Naturelles et en Génie du Canada
- NSERC
- CRSNG
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- postgraduate scholarship
@article{Zhou_2015, title={Structure and conformational states of the bovine mitochondrial ATP synthase by cryo-EM}, volume={4}, ISSN={2050-084X}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/elife.10180}, DOI={10.7554/elife.10180}, journal={eLife}, publisher={eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd}, author={Zhou, Anna and Rohou, Alexis and Schep, Daniel G and Bason, John V and Montgomery, Martin G and Walker, John E and Grigorieff, Nikolaus and Rubinstein, John L}, year={2015}, month=oct }