Despite ATP's central role, the structure of the enzyme generating ATP, F1Fo-ATP synthase, in mammals, including humans, has not been known so far. Now, scientists report the first complete ...

ATP isolation from other sources followed over the next 15 years. Koscak Maruyama at Chiba University (Japan) wrote a comprehensive review of the discovery and structure elucidation of ATP in 1987.

We now report this structure, determined by X-ray crystallography, to a resolution of 2.2 Å. Since ADP/ATP carrier is a paradigm for mitochondrial carriers, our results provide the first ...

Scientists have solved the structure of mitochondrial ATP synthase, an enzyme that makes ATP, adenosine triphosphate, the major energy source of cells. A team of scientists headed by Rosalind ...

A team of scientists has answered a long-standing question in cell biology, uncovering how the cell's main energy currency, ...

Researchers have answered a a long-standing question in cell biology, uncovering how the cell’s main energy currency, ATP, is ...

ATP works by losing the endmost phosphate group when instructed to do so by an enzyme. This reaction releases a lot of energy, which the organism can then use to build proteins, contact muscles, etc.