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SUBMITTER: Saijo-Hamano Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6681337 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Saijo-Hamano Yumiko Y Matsunami Hideyuki H Namba Keiichi K Imada Katsumi K
Biomolecules 20190707 7
The bacterial flagellum is a large molecular complex composed of thousands of protein subunits for motility. The filamentous part of the flagellum, which is called the axial structure, consists of the filament, the hook, and the rods, with other minor components-the cap protein and the hook associated proteins. They share a common basic architecture of subunit arrangement, but each part shows quite distinct mechanical properties to achieve its specific function. The distal rod and the hook are h ...[more]