linkedin post 2015-11-21 05:16:53

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ATP SYNTHASE, which makes the all-important ATP, has been called the "molecular engine of life" as well as paradoxically being "an efficient death machine." This molecule ranks along with DNA, chlorophyll, and a number of other molecules, as one the heavyweight champions of life on planet earth. https://lnkd.in/eNs9_jp View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2015-11-21 05:20:35

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1997 NOBEL PRIZE for Chemistry went to Dr John E. Walker (Medical Research Council's Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB) at Cambridge); Dr Paul D. Boyer (University of California at Los Angeles); and Dr Jens C. Skou (Aarhus University in Denmark) for their groundbreaking studies of ATP synthase. https://lnkd.in/eAtWnVk View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2015-11-21 05:26:54

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MOLECULAR CURRENCY. "Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) is a nucleoside triphosphate used in cells as a coenzyme often called the "molecular unit of currency" of intracellular energy transfer. Metabolic processes that use ATP as an energy source convert it back into its precursors." https://lnkd.in/eStagA3 View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2015-11-21 05:39:11

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ANCIENT BACTERIA SHARE ATP SYNTHASE with other life forms. "Most bioenergetic pathways have a similar general structure, with an electron transport chain composed of protein complexes acting as electron donors and acceptors, as well as a central cytochrome complex, mobile electron carriers, and an ATP synthase." https://lnkd.in/eccU8S3 View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2015-11-21 05:44:48

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GENETIC ASSEMBLY of ATP synthase is a complex process. Mitochondria are semi-autonomous organelles of bacterial lineage, and making ATP synthase involves genes from the host nucleus as well as from the mitochondria to construct the final multi-unit enzyme, and along the way, dissembling a separate large enzymatic controlling complex. https://lnkd.in/enq72FS View in LinkedIn
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