A recent study by Chinese scientists has revealed the intricate molecular machinery driving energy exchange within ...

The enzyme which makes ATP is called ATP synthase, or ATPase, and sits on the mitochondria in animal cells or chloroplasts in plant cells. Walker first determined the amino acid sequence of this ...

Food in, energy out? It’s not as simple as that. How do cells meet our bodies’ ever changing energy needs? In most animal cells, adenosine triphosphate (ATP), a compound with high potential ...

Charged amino acid side chains can form ionic bonds ... These chaperones use energy from ATP to bind and release polypeptides as they go through the folding process. Chaperones also assist ...

The sequence of amino acids in the chain determines how the chain ... catalyses the breakdown of ATP and Cellulose synthase: catalyses the formation of cellulose from glucose molecules Hormones ...