NCBI Accession #
NP_180863.1
NCBI GenBank Nucleotide #
NM_128864.4
NCBI Official Full Name
gamma subunit of Mt ATP synthase
NCBI Official Symbol
ATP3
NCBI Official Synonym Symbols
gamma subunit of Mt ATP synthase; T21L14.5
NCBI Protein Information
gamma subunit of Mt ATP synthase
UniProt Protein Name
ATP synthase subunit gamma, mitochondrial
UniProt Synonym Protein Names
F-ATPase gamma subunit
UniProt Primary Accession #
Q96250
UniProt Secondary Accession #
Q7GB12
UniProt Related Accession #
Q96250
UniProt Comments
Mitochondrial membrane ATP synthase (F1F0 ATP synthase or Complex V) produces ATP from ADP in the presence of a proton gradient across the membrane which is generated by electron transport complexes of the respiratory chain. F-type ATPases consist of two structural domains, F1 - containing the extramembraneous catalytic core, and F0 - containing the membrane proton channel, linked together by a central stalk and a peripheral stalk. During catalysis, ATP synthesis in the catalytic domain of F1 is coupled via a rotary mechanism of the central stalk subunits to proton translocation. Part of the complex F1 domain and the central stalk which is part of the complex rotary element. The gamma subunit protrudes into the catalytic domain formed of alpha3beta3. Rotation of the central stalk against the surrounding alpha3beta3 subunits leads to hydrolysis of ATP in three separate catalytic sites on the beta subunits.