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The rotary engine made of protein at the base of the flagella is driven by ______________(a) Vanderwaal’s foce(b) Proton- motive force(c) Electron passage(d) Exchange of sodium and potassium ionsThe question was asked at a job interview.My question is taken from Two Fundamentally Different Classes of Cells topic in chapter Introduction to Cell of Cell Biology

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The correct option is (b) Proton- MOTIVE force

Easiest explanation: Proton motive force is the flow of protons or hydrogen ions across the bacterial cell MEMBRANE DUE to a concentration gradient set up by cell’s metabolism. This force drives the MOTOR engine at the base of the flagella and HELPS in flagellar movement.



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