Bacterial flagella that do not show ATPase activity and 9 + 2 organization are chemically made up of

Flagellin

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Pilin

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Tubulin

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Bacterin

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The correct option is A Flagellin
In prokaryotes, flagella are filamentous protein structure, that are composed of flagellin. Bacterial flagella are much thinner than eukaryotic flagella and lack typical 9+2 arrangement of microtubules. Flagella are one, two or many per cell and provide motility to bacteria.

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