Number of different proteins in plasma constituting 99 percent of protein mass

Value 21 unitless
Organism Human Homo sapiens
Reference Lausted CG, Hu Z, Hood LE. Quantitative serum proteomics from surface plasmon resonance imaging. Mol Cell Proteomics. 2008 Aug 3. [Epub ahead of print]- link pp. 7 PubMed ID18678562
Primary Source Anderson NL, Anderson NG. The human plasma proteome: history, character, and diagnostic prospects. Mol Cell Proteomics. 2002 Nov1(11):845-67.PubMed ID12488461
Method A high-throughput, label-free method for analyzing serum using Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) imaging of antibody microarrays.
Comments 21 (most abundant proteins) out of 289 known plasma proteins make up 99% of plasma protein mass
Entered by Uri M
ID 102316