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The long (approximately 20 nm), thin external structure of the flagellum, which acts as a propeller. Examples of this component are found in bacteria. A motor complex composed of an extracellular helical protein filament coupled to a rotary motor embedded in the cell envelope. Any constituent part of a flagellum, a long whiplike or feathery structure borne either singly or in groups by the motile cells of many bacteria and unicellular eukaryotes and by the motile male gametes of many eukaryotic organisms, which propel the cell through a liquid medium. Any constituent part of flagellum, a 20 nm diameter filament composed of subunits of flagellin driven passively at its base by a motor powered by the transmembrane proton potential. Examples of this component are found in bacterial species. The proteinaceous structure at the distal tip of the flagellar filament. Examples of this component are found in bacteria.

View Gene Ontology (GO) Term

GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: bacterial-type flagellum filament
Acc: GO:0009420
Aspect: Cellular Component
Desc: The long (approximately 20 nm), thin external structure of the flagellum, which acts as a propeller. Examples of this component are found in bacteria.
Synonyms:
  • flagellin-based flagellum filament
  • flagellar filament
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
   This term: 18 [Search]
   Term or descendants: 19 [Search]


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INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH

GO:0009420 - bacterial-type flagellum filament (interactive image map)
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