MICI 3119 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Motility, Flagellum, Flagellin

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Flagella ( agellum: long, threadlike proteinaceous structures, also called h-antigen, responsible for motility, flagella arrangement: L and p rings are present in gram-negatives but not. Flagellar motor can be likened to a rotary engine consists of 2 parts: rotor - part of the motor that rotates, stator fixed component against which the rotor rotates. The stator consists of multiple copies of two proteins, Mota and motb, forming a mot complex that surrounds the sm ring. The mot complex allows the passage of protons into the cell through the motor. The ow of protons induces conformational changes to the mot proteins that drive the attached rotor through rotational steps and generate torque. The rotor consists of the flig protein, the c and sm rings. Flig interacts with the mot proteins and transmits torque generated by the mot complex to rotate the rotor. The rod acts as the drive shaft that transmits rotation of the.

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