Vacuolar Atp Synthase

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Contents 1 Function 2 Structure 3 More General Terms 4 Additional Terms 5 References

Function

• responsible for acidifying a variety of intracellular compartments in eukaryotic cells

Structure

• heteromultimeric enzyme composed of at least 13 subunits

• peripheral catalytic V1 complex (components A to H) attached to an integral membrane V0 proton pore complex (components: a, c, c', c & d)
• ATP6V0A1

More General Terms

• adenosine triphosphatase (ATPase)
• multisubunit protein

Additional Terms

• vacuole

References

1. UniProt [1]
2. UniProt [2]
3. UniProt [3]

vacuolar ATP synthase (v ATPase) or endomembrane proton pump