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adenosine triphosphate

• In adenosine triphosphate

  …is produced by the enzyme ATP synthase, which converts ADP and phosphate to ATP. ATP synthase is located in the membrane of cellular structures called mitochondria; in plant cells, the enzyme also is found in chloroplasts. The central role of ATP in energy metabolism was discovered by Fritz Albert Lipmann…

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function in metabolism

• In metabolism: ATP synthesis in mitochondria

  …precise mechanism by which the ATP synthetase complex converts the energy stored in the electrical H+ gradient to the chemical bond energy in ATP is not well understood. The H+ gradient may power other endergonic (energy-requiring) processes besides ATP synthesis, such as the movement of bacterial cells and the transport…

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research of Walker

• In John Walker

  …late 1970s he began studying ATP synthase, an enzyme found on the inner membrane of the mitochondrion that aids in the synthesis of ATP, the carrier of chemical energy. Focusing on the chemical and structural composition of the enzyme, he determined the sequence of amino acids that make up the…

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