Structure of a bacterial ATP synthetase. PDB:ID 6N2Y

Structure of an bacterial ATP synthetase. PDB:ID 6N2Y

Comparison model to pair with Archaeal ATP Syntetase (https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3912218)

Use the two models to explore A/V-type (archaeal, vacuolar) and F-type (bacterial, mitochondrial) structures.

This 3D molecular structure was derived from the original data deposited in the Protein Databank (PDB):

6N2Y
Bacillus PS3 ATP synthase class 1
• DOI: 10.2210/pdb6N2Y/pdb
• EMDataResource: EMD-9333
• Classification: HYDROLASE
• Organism(s): Bacillus sp. (strain PS3)
• Expression System: Escherichia coli
• Deposited: 2018-11-14 Released: 2019-02-20 
• Deposition Author(s): Guo, H., Rubinstein, J.L.
• Funding Organization(s): Canadian Institutes of Health Research; Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 

Experimental Data Snapshot
• Method: ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
• Resolution: 3 Å
• Aggregation State: PARTICLE 
• Reconstruction Method: SINGLE PARTICLE 

Structure of a bacterial ATP synthase.
Guo, H., Suzuki, T., Rubinstein, J.L.
(2019) Elife 8: --
• PubMed: 30724163
• DOI: 10.7554/eLife.43128
• Primary Citation of Related Structures:  6N30, 6N2Z, 6N2D


PubMed Abstract: 

ATP synthases produce ATP from ADP and inorganic phosphate with energy from a transmembrane proton motive force. Bacterial ATP synthases have been studied extensively because they are the simplest form of the enzyme and because of the relative ease of genetic manipulation of these complexes. We expressed the Bacillus PS3 ATP synthase in Eschericia coli , purified it, and imaged it by cryo-EM, allowing us to build atomic models of the complex in three rotational states. The position of subunit ε shows how it is able to inhibit ATP hydrolysis while allowing ATP synthesis. The architecture of the membrane region shows how the simple bacterial ATP synthase is able to perform the same core functions as the equivalent, but more complicated, mitochondrial complex. The structures reveal the path of transmembrane proton translocation and provide a model for understanding decades of biochemical analysis interrogating the roles of specific residues in the enzyme.



Organizational Affiliation: Department of Medical Biophysics, The University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.,Department of Molecular Bioscience, Kyoto-Sangyo University, Kyoto, Japan.,The Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, Toronto, Canada.,Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan.,Department of Biochemistry, The University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada