What enzyme produces ATP at the end of the 3rd stage of respiration?

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how much ATP is produced?

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ATP synthase is the enzyme... http://www.trueorigin.org/atp.asp ATP synthase complexes. This enzyme functions to reattach the phosphates to the ADP molecules, again forming ATP. The ATP synthase revolving door resembles a molecular water wheel that harnesses the flow of hydrogen ions in order to build ATP molecules. Each revolution of the wheel requires the energy of about nine hydrogen ions returning into the mitochondrial inner chamber (Goodsell, 1996, p.74). Located on the ATP synthase are three active sites, each of which converts ADP to ATP with every turn of the wheel. Under maximum conditions, the ATP synthase wheel turns at a rate of up to 200 revolutions per second, producing 600 ATPs during that second.