Video Experimental Relacionado
Updated: Jun 19, 2026

11:56
Fluorescence Imaging with One-nanometer Accuracy (FIONA)
Published on: September 26, 2014
Resolución de distintos subpasos de rotación por el análisis cinético submillisecondario de F1-ATPase
1CREST 'Genetic Programming' Team 13, Teikyo University Biotechnology Center 3F, Nogawa 907, Miyamae-Ku, Kawasaki 216-0001, Japan.
Nature
|April 20, 2001
Resumen
La enzima F1-ATPasa es una enzima
Área de la Ciencia:
- La bioquímica es la bioquímica.
- Biología Molecular Biología Molecular
- Enzimología Enzimología.
Sus antecedentes:
- La F1-ATPasa funciona como un motor rotativo con una subunidad gamma central que gira dentro de las subunidades alfa3beta3.
- La rotación escalonada de la enzima está vinculada a la hidrólisis secuencial de ATP, pero el mecanismo escalonado sigue sin estar claro.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para dilucidar el mecanismo del paso de la F1-ATPasa a bajas concentraciones de ATP.
- Para caracterizar los subetapas involucrados en el movimiento rotatorio de la enzima.
Principales métodos:
- Se emplearon técnicas de imagen de alta velocidad para observar la rotación de la enzima.
- Se realizó un análisis cinético para determinar el tiempo y los controladores de los sub pasos.
Principales resultados:
- El paso de 120 grados de la rotación de F1-ATPase se compone de distintos subpasos de 90 grados y 30 grados.
- La unión de ATP inicia el subpaso de 90 grados, mientras que la liberación del producto probablemente impulsa el subpaso de 30 grados.
- Estas subetapas están separadas por aproximadamente 1 ms de fases de reacción, dominando el ciclo de hidrólisis de ATP.
Conclusiones:
- El mecanismo de subetapa identificado explica la rotación de la F1-ATPasa a través de una amplia gama de concentraciones de ATP.
- Este mecanismo detallado apoya el modelo de cambio de unión para la síntesis de ATP a través de la rotación inversa de la F1-ATPasa.
Videos de Conceptos Relacionados
ATP Driven Pumps I: An Overview
ATP-driven pumps, also known as transport ATPases, are integral membrane proteins. They have binding sites for ATP located on the membrane's cytosolic side and the ion-conducting domain in the transmembrane region. These pumps use the free energy released from ATP hydrolysis to move the solutes across cell membranes against an electrochemical gradient.
There are four main types of ATP-driven pumps - P-type, V-type, F-type, and ABC transporter. All these pumps are of varying complexities and are...
There are four main types of ATP-driven pumps - P-type, V-type, F-type, and ABC transporter. All these pumps are of varying complexities and are...
ATP Synthase: Mechanism
In animals, the mitochondrial F1F0 ATP synthase is the key protein that synthesizes ATP molecules through a complex catalytic mechanism. While the nuclear genome encodes the majority of ATP synthase subunits, the mitochondrial genome encodes some of the enzyme's most critical components. The formation of this multi-subunit enzyme is a complex multi-step process regulated at the level of transcription, translation, and assembly. Defects in one or more of these steps can result in decreased ATP...
ATP Synthase: Structure
ATP synthase or ATPase is among the most conserved proteins found in bacteria, mammals, and plants. This enzyme can catalyze a forward reaction in response to the electrochemical gradient, producing ATP from ADP and inorganic phosphate. ATP synthase can also work in a reverse direction by hydrolyzing ATP and generating an electrochemical gradient. Different forms of ATP synthases have evolved special features to meet the specific demands of the cell. Based on their specific feature, ATP...
ATP Driven Pumps II: P-type Pumps
The P-type pumps are a large family of integral membrane transporter ATPases. They are divided into five major types based on substrate specificity, from I to V.
A typical P-type pump has three cytosolic domains: nucleotide-binding (N), phosphorylation (P), and activator (A) domains. These domains are connected to the membrane-spanning helices by short amino acid segments. ATP hydrolysis and covalent phosphoenzyme intermediate formation are crucial parts of the catalytic cycle. At the highly...
A typical P-type pump has three cytosolic domains: nucleotide-binding (N), phosphorylation (P), and activator (A) domains. These domains are connected to the membrane-spanning helices by short amino acid segments. ATP hydrolysis and covalent phosphoenzyme intermediate formation are crucial parts of the catalytic cycle. At the highly...
ATP Driven Pumps III: V-type Pumps
V-type pumps are ATP-driven pumps found in the vacuolar membranes of plants, yeast, endosomal and lysosomal membranes of animal cells, plasma membranes of a few specialized eukaryotic cells, and some prokaryotes. They are also known as the V1Vo-ATPase, that couple ATP hydrolysis to transport protons against a concentration gradient.
The peripheral or cytosolic V1 domain with eight subunits is involved in ATP hydrolysis. The integral or transmembrane V0 domain containing at least five subunits...
The peripheral or cytosolic V1 domain with eight subunits is involved in ATP hydrolysis. The integral or transmembrane V0 domain containing at least five subunits...

