Number of flagellar proteins per cell

Range FlaB2 2,000: FlaB3 300: FlaB4 3,500 Figure link - link molecules per cell
Organism Bacteria Leptospira interrogans
Reference Malmström J, Beck M, Schmidt A, Lange V, Deutsch EW, Aebersold R. Proteome-wide cellular protein concentrations of the human pathogen Leptospira interrogans. Nature. 2009 Aug 6 460(7256):762-5 p.763 figure 1C and left column bottom paragraphPubMed ID19606093
Method Mass spectrometry
Comments Researchers determined that each cell contained 2,000 copies of flagellar protein FlaB2, 300 copies of FlaB3 and 3,500 copies of FlaB4.
Entered by Uri M
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