Flagellin

Flagellin
Identifiers
SymbolFlagellin
PfamPF00700
InterProIPR001492
SCOP21ucu / SCOPe / SUPFAM
Available protein structures:
Pfam  structures / ECOD  
PDBRCSB PDB; PDBe; PDBj
PDBsumstructure summary

Flagellins are a family of proteins present in flagellated bacteria[1] which arrange themselves in a hollow cylinder to form the filament in a bacterial flagellum. Flagellin has a mass on average of about 40,000 daltons.[2][3] Flagellins are the principal component of bacterial flagella that have a crucial role in bacterial motility.

The gene that encodes for flagellin has a different name in different bacterial species such as flaA (Helicobacter pylori for example), fliC, fljB.[4][1]

  1. ^ a b "Bacterial flagellin family". www.uniprot.org.
  2. ^ "MeSH Browser". meshb.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  3. ^ Nedeljković M, Sastre DE, Sundberg EJ (July 2021). "Bacterial Flagellar Filament: A Supramolecular Multifunctional Nanostructure". Int J Mol Sci. 22 (14): 7521. doi:10.3390/ijms22147521. PMC 8306008. PMID 34299141.
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