Adenine nucleotide translocator Updated 2025-07-16
ATP synthase Updated 2025-07-16
One of the most beautiful molecular machines known!
The first one with such complexity that was uncovered.
The ATP synthase complex is so large that Power, Sex, Suicide by Nick Lane (2006) page 123 contains a cryoEM image of several ATP synthases on small membrane vesicles, this is the paper: pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/bi00437a031# under a fucking paywall.
Mitochondrial phosphate carrier protein Updated 2025-07-16
Just like the adenine nucleotide translocator moves ATP/ADP in and out, this one moves loose phosphate in.
Both of those together recycle the cellular respiration carriers from/to the mitochondria.