Smallest known enzyme
| Range | ~10 (~100aa) kDa |
|---|---|
| Organism | Unspecified |
| Reference | Tiessen A, Pérez-Rodríguez P, Delaye-Arredondo LJ. Mathematical modeling and comparison of protein size distribution in different plant, animal, fungal and microbial species reveals a negative correlation between protein size and protein number, thus providing insight into the evolution of proteomes. BMC Res Notes. 2012 Feb 1 5: 85. p.16 left column bottom paragraphPubMed ID22296664 |
| Comments | The smallest known enzymes are about 10 kDa (~100 aa) in size with some extreme cases like an enzyme of 62 aa that forms a stable homopentamer (5 × 62 aa = 310 aa) [ref 43 PMID: 1339435]. |
| Entered by | Uri M |
| ID | 108020 |