Structure of the core and central channel of bacterial flagella
- 1 December 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Nature
- Vol. 342 (6250) , 648-654
- https://doi.org/10.1038/342648a0
Abstract
X-ray fibre diffraction analysis of bacterial flagellar filaments has allowed the subunit packing and secondary structure arrangement in the filament core to be determined. The central hole, presumably a channel for flagellin transport, is large enough to accommodate the folded elongated flagellin molecules during their transport to the distal end for filament growth.Keywords
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