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The use of proton-motive force for performance of mechanical work by the bacterial flagellar motor is described. Detailed data on structural properties of this motor are presented and possible mechanisms of \( \Updelta \bar{\mu }_{{{\text{H}}^{ + } }} \)-energy transformation during rotational movement of flagellum are discussed. A short description of other examples of \( \Updelta \bar{\mu }_{{{\text{H}}^{ + } }} \)-dependent motility of prokaryotes and eukaryotic organelles is also provided.
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Minor ATPase activity of flagella has been discovered recently, but is was shown to be necessary for the assembly of these organelles, and not for the movement per se.
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Rotation of certain subunits of H+-ATP synthase (see preceding chapter) is used as a mechanism of carrying out chemical (rather than mechanical) work.
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In the case of certain bacteria, several different flagellin isoforms comprise the filament. The physiological function of these isoforms is not yet clear.
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Hereafter, the presented nomenclature of flagellum proteins is the one used for the bacterium S. typhimurium.
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Skulachev, V.P., Bogachev, A.V., Kasparinsky, F.O. (2013). \( \Updelta \bar{\mu }_{{{\text{H}}^{ + } }} \)-Driven Mechanical Work: Bacterial Motility . In: Principles of Bioenergetics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-33430-6_8
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