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Animation showing protons (indicated by + charge) entering the mitochondrial matrix through channels in ATP synthase enzyme complex, to synthesise ATP by joining ADP and a phosphate molecule (Pi).

(genetic biology)

Grammar: noun
plural: synthases
Definition: an enzyme which catalyses a synthesis reaction, as in the formation of ATP through the process of phosphorylation
Example:
Hydrogen passing through ATP synthase provides the energy needed to build ATP.
Related Word: synthesis (noun), synthesise/synthesize (verb)