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.

Led by Fan Minrui from the Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the research ...

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Crystal structure of ATP binding site of FGFR1 in complex with SU5402. Molecular surface representation (bottom) and a backbone representation (top) of the same view showing superposition of SU5042 ...

More information: Masahiro Takahashi et al, ATP dynamics as a predictor of future podocyte structure and function after acute ischemic kidney injury in female mice, Nature Communications (2024).

The ATP-dependent disruption of nucleosome (PH GAL41) by the hSWI/SNF complex. N, naked DNA; open circles, increased DNase 1 cleavage; closed circles, decreased DNase 1 cleavage. Ten base-pair ...