The structure of the catalytic domain of the ATP synthase fromMycobacterium smegmatisis a target for developing antitubercular drugs.
Zhang, A.T., Montgomery, M.G., Leslie, A.G.W., Cook, G.M., Walker, J.E.(2019) Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 116: 4206-4211
- PubMed: 30683723 
- DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1817615116
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
6FOC - PubMed Abstract: 
The crystal structure of the F 1 -catalytic domain of the adenosine triphosphate (ATP) synthase has been determined from Mycobacterium smegmatis which hydrolyzes ATP very poorly. The structure of the α 3 β 3 -component of the catalytic domain is similar to those in active F 1 -ATPases in Escherichia coli and Geobacillus stearothermophilus However, its ε-subunit differs from those in these two active bacterial F 1 -ATPases as an ATP molecule is not bound to the two α-helices forming its C-terminal domain, probably because they are shorter than those in active enzymes and they lack an amino acid that contributes to the ATP binding site in active enzymes ...