ATP合成酶及其功能机制综述

在细胞能量转变过程中，F1F0-型ATP合成酶是一个关键酶。在ATP合成过程中，这个大的蛋白复合体利用质子梯度和相关的膜电势来合成ATP。这个酶结构的不同作用形式正在逐步阐明。一致的看法是这个酶由两个旋转发动机构成，一个在F1上，它将催化过程与内部的转子运动联系在一起，另一个在F0上，它将质子迁移与F0转子的运动联系在一起。虽然两个马达可以独立工作，但是它们必须结合在一起才能转换能量。从结构、基因和生化物理方面的研究中得出的关于这个旋转马达的功能的证据，在这里将作一个回顾，一些不确定的，关于酶机制尚留迷团的内容也将讨论如下。

ATP Synthetic Enzyme and Its Function Mechanism Summarize

The F1F0-type ATP synthase is a key enzyme in cellular energy interconversion. During ATP synthesis, this large protein complex uses a proton gradient and the associated membrane potential to synthesize ATP. It can also reverse and hydrolyze ATP to generate a proton gradient. The structure of this enzyme in different functional forms is now being rapidly elucidated. The emerging consensus is that the enzyme is constructed as two rotary motors, one in the F1 part that links catalytic site events with movements of an internal rotor, and the other in the F0 part, linking proton translocation to movements of this F0 rotor.Although both motors can work separately, they must be connected together to interconvert energy. Evidence for the function of the rotary motor, from structural, genetic and biophysical studies, is reviewed here, and some uncertainties and remaining mysteries of the enzyme mechanism are also discussed.