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The shape and the arrangement of subunits in Escherichia coli F1-ATPase (ECF1) lacking the delta subunit have been explored with a high performance scanning transmission electron microscope. In tilting experiments, the ECF1 molecule appeared as a flat cylinder whose width (approx. 120 A) was about twice its height. The symmetry of front view projections of ECF1 has been investigated by computer analysis. In a population taken at random from the data bank, one third of the particles showed five-fold radial symmetry components, one third six-fold radial symmetry components and the last third no typical symmetry. The six-fold radial symmetry was consistent with a hexagonal arrangement of six large peripheric masses, which probably correspond to the three alpha and the three beta subunits of ECF1. The five-fold radial symmetry was tentatively explained by a fusion of two juxtaposed peripheric subunits. Lateral projections showed a zig-zag organization of the large masses, suggesting that the large alpha and beta subunits are located on two levels, with some degree of intercalation between the subunits of the two levels.
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