Lecture 10

Question 1

Prokaryotic flagella

Answer 1

• single-stranded
• no covering membrane
• shorter and thinner
• three parts
  basal body, hook and filament
• protein: flagella
• fuel: protons

Question 2

Eukaryotic flagella

Answer 2

• 11 stranded
• covered by plasma membrane
• longer and wider
• two parts
  basal body and shaft
  protein: tubulin
  fuel: ATP

Question 3

Colocalization

Answer 3

used to determined if protein of interest associates with another protein or particular sub-cellular
indicated interaction between two sub cellular structure
common first step in routine biomedical labs
qualitative or pixel-based quantification