Average diameter of ave. protein
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Value | 5 nm |
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Organism | Bacteria Escherichia coli |
Reference | link |
Primary Source | Additional ref - Statistically enhanced promiscuity of structurally correlated patterns D. B. Lukatsky* and E. I. Shakhnovich, Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys. 2008 Feb77(2 Pt 1):020901PubMed ID18351980 |
Comments | A list of primary sources is given in the reference. Additional ref gives value of 2 nm. Lactose permease diameter is 4nm (bion ). General size of proteins in other sources 4-6 nm. Thus, a range of 2-6 nm for an average protein diameter. |
Entered by | Ron Milo, Paul Jorgensen, Mike Springer |
ID | 100018 |