A tridecameric c ring of the adenosine triphosphate (ATP) synthase from the thermoalkaliphilic Bacillus sp. strain TA2.A1 facilitates ATP synthesis at low electrochemical proton potential

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1181-1192

  Meier, Thomas ^a   Morgner, Nina ^b   Matthies, Doreen ^a   Pogoryelov, Denys ^a   Keis, Stefanie ^c   Cook, Gregory M ^c   Dimroth, Peter ^d   Brutschy, Bernhard ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OLIGOMER; PROTEIN C; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESORPTION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; STOICHIOMETRY; THERMODYNAMICS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; PROTON-MOTIVE FORCE; PROTON-TRANSLOCATING ATPASES; PROTONS;

BACILLUS SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 34547908489     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2007.05857.x     Document Type: Article

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