Artigo Revisado por pares

An adenine nucleotide translocase in the procaryote Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum

1980; Elsevier BV; Volume: 95; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/0006-291x(80)91613-7

ISSN

1090-2104

Autores

Hans J. Doddema, C. A. A. Claesen, Douglas B. Kell, Chris van der Drift, Godfried D. Vogels,

Tópico(s)

Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms

Resumo

ATP synthesis, ATP hydrolysis and ADP uptake by membrane vesicles of Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum are inhibited by inhibitors of mitochondrial ADPATP translocases. Atractyloside binds to one of the membrane proteins. These data demonstrate the presence of an eucaryotic type of ADPATP translocase in a procaryotic microorganism and stress the unique position of methanogenic bacteria in evolution.

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