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| ==About==
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| '''Description''' (originally from EcoCyc<ref name='LIB:EcoCyc10.6'/><ref name='LIB:EcoCyc11.1'/>) ATP synthase
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| '''Comments''' (originally from EcoCyc<ref name='LIB:EcoCyc10.6'/><ref name='LIB:EcoCyc11.1'/>) ATP synthase catalyzes the synthesis of ATP under aerobic cell growth. The
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| energy derived from oxygen respiration is coupled to ATP synthesis by a process
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| known as electron transport-linked phosphorylation. Under anaerobic growth
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| conditions an electrochemical proton gradient can also be generated using a
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| number of alternative electron acceptors and ATP synthase can also synthesize
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| ATP under these conditions. During fermentation however, ATP is synthesized
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| only by substrate-level phosphorylation reactions. ATP synthase catalyzes the
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| hydrolysis of ATP under these conditions to generate the electrochemical proton
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| gradient needed for other membrane functions. <ref name='PMID:8824597'/><ref name='PMID:2536742'/><ref name='PMID:1829729'/>
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| ==References==
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