Flagellin | |||||||||
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Symbol | Flagellin | ||||||||
Pfam | PF00700 | ||||||||
InterPro | IPR001492 | ||||||||
SCOP2 | 1ucu / SCOPe / SUPFAM | ||||||||
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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]
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