| Range |
~300 mg/mL
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| Organism |
Bacteria Escherichia coli |
| Reference |
Adrian H. Elcock and Andrew S. Thomas Molecular Behavior in Biological Cells, The Bacterial Cytoplasm as a Model System, in MOLECULAR MACHINES link p.1 bottom paragraph |
| Primary Source |
J. Cayley, B. A. Lewis, H. J. Guttman and M. T. Record Jr. 1991. Characterization of the cytoplasm of Escherichia coli K-12 as a function of external osmolarity. J Mo Biol 222, 281–300.PubMed ID1960728
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| Comments |
The macromolecular concentration in the cytoplasm of the bacterium
Escherichia coli is around 300 mg/mL, of which ~220 mg/mL is protein (primary source). |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
107695 |