ATP synthase

ATP synthase is a real spinning motor inside your cells. Each spin builds a new pellet of ATP fuel.

Fun fact

It spins about 100 times every second while you read this.

Words to know

cell
atp
protein

NGSS alignment

MS-LS1-2Inside the cell
MS-LS1-7Food, energy, and growth

Structure

Rendered in FoldLens Junior from AlphaFold Database entry P06576. See the underlying prediction at alphafold.ebi.ac.uk/entry/P06576.

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