bacterial-type flagellum motor
A transmembrane complex embedded in the cytoplasmic membrane which is the motor force, or torque, generator of the bacterial-type flagellum. The motor consists of a membrane-anchored rotor complex surrounded by one or more stator complexes in the cytoplasmic membrane. The stator consists of a hetero-hexameric complex of 2 membrane proteins, A and B, with stoichiometry A4B2. Examples are the H+ driven MotA-MotB stator complex of Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica, and the Na+ driven PomA-PomB stator complex of Vibrio and Shewanella species. The rotor complex consists of a membrane-anchored ring and the motor switch complex, which controls the direction of flagellar rotation. [ http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9780470015902.a0000744.pub4 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24697492 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25251856 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10572114 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12624192 ]
Term info
bacterial-type flagellum motor
kchris
2017-10-03T15:44:35Z
cellular_component
GO:0120100