Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2050730 | FEBS Letters | 2007 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
ATP synthase, or F-ATPase, purified from bovine heart mitochondria in the absence of phospholipids is an assembly of 16 different subunits. In the presence of exogenous phospholipids, two additional hydrophobic proteins, a 6.8 kDa proteolipid and diabetes associated protein in insulin sensitive tissue (DAPIT), were associated with the purified complex, with DAPIT at sub-stoichiometric levels. Both proteins are conserved in vertebrates and invertebrates, but not in fungi, and prokaryotic F-ATPases do not contain orthologues of either of them. Therefore, their roles are likely to be peripheral to the synthesis of ATP.
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Authors
Ruming Chen, Michael J. Runswick, Joe Carroll, Ian M. Fearnley, John E. Walker,