Overall stability (Δg, the free energy difference between the folded, native state of a protein and its unfolded state) of most proteins

Value 10 kcal/mol
Organism Generic
Reference Soskine M, Tawfik DS. Mutational effects and the evolution of new protein functions. Nat Rev Genet. 2010 Aug11(8):572-82. doi: 10.1038/nrg2808. p.573 right column top paragraphPubMed ID20634811
Comments "The overall stability (?g the free energy difference between the folded, native state of a protein and its unfolded state) of most proteins is in the range of 10 kcal per mol (for example, 7.3 kcal per mol for TEM1, Hecky 2005 PMID 16171379)."
Entered by Uri M
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