MotA and MotB comprise the stator element of the flagellar motor complex. Required for the rotation of the flagellar motor. Probably a linker that fastens the torque-generating machinery to the cell wall. Overexpression of this protein with MotA improves motility in a pdeH disruption, (a c-di-GMP phosphodiesterase) suggesting there is an interaction (direct or indirect) between the c-di-GMP-binding flagellar brake protein YcgR and the flagellar stator. Each stator complex is composed of 4 MotA and 2 MotB subunits; in E.coli 11 to 12 stator complexes can be involved in flagellar rotation. 2 A subunits and 1 B subunit are thought to form a single ion channel, so that each stator complex contains two channels. The OmpA-like domain probably functions to anchor the complex to the cell wall. Belongs to the MotB family.