Torque of F-ATPase

Value 50 pN×nm Range: ±6 pN×nm
Organism Bacteria Escherichia coli
Reference Pänke O, Cherepanov DA, Gumbiowski K, Engelbrecht S, Junge W. Viscoelastic dynamics of actin filaments coupled to rotary F-ATPase: angular torque profile of the enzyme. Biophys J. 2001 Sep81(3):1220-33. p.1227 table 1 and left column 2nd paragraphPubMed ID11509339
Method Researchers attempted to gauge the torque of the rotary enzyme by the curvature of enzyme-linked actin filaments as outlined in the theoretical article (Cherepanov and Junge, 2001 PMID 11509340).
Comments Average of six uniformly rotating FOF1–F-actin complexes.
Entered by Uri M
ID 106278