Animation Movies of ATP Synthase

By Hongyun Wang and George Oster, University of California (see Nature 396, 279-282 (1998)).

A mechanical model

An animation showing why the F1 motor is rotating counter clockwise and how the chemical reaction and the rotation are coordinated by two switches: switch 1 (red) controls the ATP binding; switch 2 (blue) controls the phosphate release. MPEG: F1_Model_2.mpeg QuickTime: F1_Model_2.mov

A perspective view

	A perspective view of alpha3 beta3 gamma in spacefill display with specular highlights. MPEG: F1_3d_sp_2.mpeg QuickTime: F1_3d_sp_2.mov
	A perspective view of alpha3 beta3 gamma in cartoon display (frames are generated using Molscript). MPEG: F1_3d_m.mpeg QuickTime: F1_3d_m.mov
	A perspective view of alpha3 beta3 gamma in cartoon display with stereo on (frames are generated using Molscript). MPEG: F1_3d_st_m.mpeg QuickTime: F1_3d_st_m.mov
	A perspective view of alpha3 beta3 gamma in cartoon display. MPEG: F1_3d_2.mpeg QuickTime: F1_3d_2.mov
	A perspective view of alpha3 beta3 gamma in cartoon display with stereo on. MPEG: F1_3d_st_2.mpeg QuickTime: F1_3d_st_2.mov

A top view

	A top view of alpha3 beta3 gamma in spacefill display with specular highlights. MPEG: F1_top_sp_2.mpeg QuickTime: F1_top_sp_2.mov
	A top view of alpha3 beta3 gamma in cartoon display (frames are generated using Molscript). MPEG: F1_top_m.mpeg QuickTime: F1_top_m.mov
	A top view of alpha3 beta3 gamma in cartoon display. MPEG: F1_top_2.mpeg QuickTime: F1_top_2.mov

A side view

	A side view of alpha3 beta3 gamma in spacefill display with specular highlights. MPEG: F1_side_sp_2.mpeg QuickTime: F1_side_sp_2.mov
	A side view of alpha3 beta3 gamma in cartoon display (frames are generated using Molscript). MPEG: F1_side_m.mpeg QuickTime: F1_side_m.mov
	A side view of alpha3 beta3 gamma in cartoon display. MPEG: F1_side_2.mpeg QuickTime: F1_side_2.mov

A cross section view of alpha-beta-gamma

	A cross-section view of one alpha, one beta and gamma in spacefill display. MPEG: F1_abg_fill_2.mpeg QuickTime: F1_abg_fill_2.mov
	A cross-section view of one alpha, one beta and gamma in cartoon display (frames are generated using Molscript). MPEG: F1_abg_m.mpeg QuickTime: F1_abg_m.mov
	A cross-section view of one alpha, one beta and gamma in cartoon display with stereo on (frames are generated using Molscript). MPEG: F1_abg_st_m.mpeg QuickTime: F1_abg_st_m.mov
	A cross-section view of one alpha, one beta and gamma in cartoon display. MPEG: F1_abg_2.mpeg QuickTime: F1_abg_2.mov
	A cross-section view of one alpha, one beta and gamma in cartoon display with stereo on. MPEG: F1_abg_st_2.mpeg QuickTime: F1_abg_st_2.mov

A cross section view of beta

	A cross-section view of beta in spacefill display. MPEG: F1_beta_fill_2.mpeg QuickTime: F1_beta_fill_2.mov
	A cross-section view of beta in cartoon display (frames are generated using Molscript). MPEG: F1_beta_m.mpeg QuickTime: F1_beta_m.mov
	A cross-section view of beta in cartoon display with stereo on (frames are generated using Molscript). MPEG: F1_beta_st_m.mpeg QuickTime: F1_beta_st_m.mov
	A cross-section view of beta in cartoon display. MPEG: F1_beta_2.mpeg QuickTime: F1_beta_2.mov
	A cross-section view of beta in cartoon display with stereo on. MPEG: F1_beta_st_2.mpeg QuickTime: F1_beta_st_2.mov

A zoom-in view of beta near the catalytic site

	A zoom-in view of beta near the catalytic site in cartoon display (frames are generated using Molscript). MPEG: F1_beta_site_m.mpeg QuickTime: F1_beta_site_m.mov
	A zoom-in view of beta near the catalytic site in cartoon display. MPEG: F1_beta_site_2.mpeg QuickTime: F1_beta_site_2.mov

A top view of beta

	A top view of beta in cartoon display. MPEG: F1_beta_top_2.mpeg QuickTime: F1_beta_top_2.mov
	A top view of beta in cartoon display with stereo on. MPEG: F1_beta_top_st_2.mpeg QuickTime: F1_beta_top_st_2.mov

A cross section view of alpha

	A cross-section view of alpha in cartoon display (frames are generated using Molscript). MPEG: F1_alpha_m.mpeg QuickTime: F1_alpha_m.mov
	A cross-section view of alpha in cartoon display with stereo on (frames are generated using Molscript). MPEG: F1_alpha_st_m.mpeg QuickTime: F1_alpha_st_m.mov
	A cross-section view of alpha in cartoon display. MPEG: F1_alpha_2.mpeg QuickTime: F1_alpha_2.mov
	A cross-section view of alpha in cartoon display with stereo on. MPEG: F1_alpha_st_2.mpeg QuickTime: F1_alpha_st_2.mov

Animation of the Fo motor

An animation of the Fo motor based on our model (see Nature 391, 510-513 (1998)). MPEG: FoMotor_2.mpeg QuickTime: FoMotor_2.mov

Tracing of one alpha and one beta in cartoon display. MPEG: F1_trace.mpeg QuickTime: F1_trace.mov

An animation of the F1 motor based on our model. MPEG: F1_Model.mpeg QuickTime: F1_Model.mov