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SUBMITTER: Akutsu H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5743862 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Proceedings of the Japan Academy. Series B, Physical and biological sciences 20170101 8
F-type ATPase is a ubiquitous molecular motor. Investigations on thermophilic F<sub>1</sub>-ATPase and its subunits, β and ε, by NMR were reviewed. Using specific isotope labeling, pK<sub>a</sub> of the putative catalytic carboxylate in β was estimated. Segmental isotope-labeling enabled us to monitor most residues of β, revealing that the conformational conversion from open to closed form of β on nucleotide binding found in ATPase was an intrinsic property of β and could work as a driving force ...[more]