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ATP synthase in action

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Biology & biotechnology

What it is

A short Harvard Online animation, narrated by Professor Rob Lue, showing how ATP synthase works inside mitochondria. It comes from the HarvardX Cell Biology: Mitochondria course.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Linked as a vivid visualization of ATP synthase as a rotary molecular machine, often in discussions of protein machines and cellular energy.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2021, last 2025

What HN commenters said

  1. “has a pretty cool visualization of how ATP synthase uses rotation”

    Cool visualization of ATP synthase rotating to make ATP.

    whoisburbansky, 2022-02 · Recommendation · in “Discovery of ultrafast myosin, its amino acid sequence, and structural features”

  2. “And then you get into the other protein machines like the ATP synthase in the mitochondria [2]”

    ATP synthase shown as tiny motors/pumps inside mitochondria.

    dopylitty, 2022-02 · Recommendation · in “Discovery of ultrafast myosin, its amino acid sequence, and structural features”

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Topics: mitochondria, molecular machines, cell biology, bioenergetics, animation

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