The ancestral shape of the access proton path of mitochondrial ATP synthases revealed by a split subunit-a
J. E. Wong, A. Zikova, O. Gahura
The paper identifies a conserved N-terminal helix in subunit-a that defines the proton entry path in mitochondrial ATP synthases, revealing its evolutionary origin in the mitochondrial ancestor.
bioRxiv · Feb 25, 2023Biochemistry