Assembly of Spinach Chloroplast ATP Synthase Rotor Ring Protein-Lipid Complex.

Rotor ATPases are large multisubunit membrane protein complexes found in all kingdoms of life. The membrane parts of these ATPases include a ring-like assembly, so-called c-ring, consisting of several subunits c, plugged by a patch of phospholipids. In this report, we use a nature-inspired approach to model the assembly of the spinach () c ring protein-lipid complex, where partially assembled oligomers are pulled toward each other using a biasing potential.