Cells use water in nano-rotors to power energy conversion

Tuesday, August 3, 2010 - 16:07 in Physics & Chemistry

Researchers from the Max Planck Institute of Biophysics in Frankfurt, and Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York have provided the first atomic-level glimpse of the proton-driven motor from a major group of ATP synthases, enzymes that are central to cellular energy conversion.

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