Total (free and bound) lipoproteins per cell

Value 300000 Molecules/cell
Organism Bacteria Escherichia coli
Reference Inouye M, Shaw J, Shen C. The assembly of a structural lipoprotein in the envelope of Escherichia coli. J Biol Chem. 1972 Dec 25 247(24):8154-9. p.8158 right column 2nd paragraphPubMed ID4565677
Method Pulse-chase experiments
Comments "According to Braun and Rehn (10) the number of the lipoprotein molecules bound to the peptidoglycan is 10^5 per cell. Accordingly, the total number of the lipoprotein per cell would be 3x10^5."
Entered by Uri M
ID 108615