ATP works by losing the endmost phosphate group when instructed to do so by an enzyme. This reaction releases a lot of energy, which the organism can then use to build proteins, contact muscles, etc.

A simple two-carbon compound may have been a crucial ... to power most types of cellular functions. But building ATP's complex chemical structure from scratch is energy intensive and requires ...

TMC207 is a first-in-class anti-TB diarylquinoline (also named R207910 or the 'J' compound) with activity ... the proton pump of mycobacterial ATP synthase, a critical enzyme in the synthesis ...

A team of scientists has answered a long-standing question in cell biology, uncovering how the cell's main energy currency, ...

In a study of yeast, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say they have found how a fatty compound called cardiolipin ... create adenosine triphosphate (ATP), the molecule that fuels cell metabolism.

ATP plays a very important role in preserving the structure of the cell by helping the assembly of the cytoskeletal elements. It also supplies energy to the flagella and chromosomes to maintain ...

Researchers Alexander Mühleip (Stockholm University) and Alexey Amunts (Stockholm University) solved the structure of a mitochondrial ATP synthase with native lipids. ATP synthase is a universal ...