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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jul 19.
Published in final edited form as: Biochim Biophys Acta. 2008 Aug 13;1793(4):650–663. doi: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2008.08.003

Figure 3. The Vacuolar H+-ATPase.

Figure 3

The vacuolar H+-ATPase (V-ATPase) is a proton pump on the vacuolar membrane composed of a membrane-bound V0 sector and a cytosolic V1 sector. ATP hydrolysis in the V1 sector drives the translocation of protons through the V0 sector.