Q. Bacterial flagella do not show ATPase activity and 9+2 organization. These are chemically formed of
A) Flagellin
B) Pilin
C) Tubulin
D) Bacterin
Explanation
The bacterial flagellum is long, filamentous and protoplasmic appendage, arise in the cell envelope. In the bacterial flagella, instead of 9+2 arrangement of tubulin there is simply a single filament of globular protein called flagellin.
Reviewed by Dr. Abubacker
Physics Educator & NEET/JEE Specialist
Ph.D. in Physics with 19+ years of teaching experience.