ATP Synthase: The power plant of the cell

DiscoveryScienceNewsPublished on Jan 21, 2013

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The Intelligent Design of Molecular Machines in the Cell: ATP Synthase is a molecular machine found in many living organisms. It serves as a miniature power-generator, producing an energy-carrying molecule, adenosine triphosphate, or ATP. The ATP synthase machine has many parts we recognize from human-designed technology, including a rotor, a stator, a camshaft or driveshaft, and other basic components of a rotary engine. This machine is just the final step in a long and complex metabolic pathway involving numerous enzymes and other molecules—all so the cell can produce ATP to power biochemical reactions, and provide energy for other molecular machines in the cell. Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/discoverycsc Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/DiscoveryCSC Websites: http://www.evolutionnews.org and http://www.intelligentdesign.org