Bacterial flagella do not show ATPase activity and 9 + 2 organization. These are chemically

Options

(a) Flagellin
(b) Pilin
(c) Tubulin
(d) Bacterin

Correct Answer:

Flagellin

Explanation:

The bacterial flagellum is long, filamentous and protoplasmic appendage that 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.