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Concentration of abundant proteins

Range	50,000 to 100,000 proteins/cell
Organism	Bacteria Escherichia coli
Reference	Akashi H, Gojobori T. Metabolic efficiency and amino acid composition in the proteomes of Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 Mar 19 99(6):3695-700. p.3699 right column top paragraphPubMed ID11904428
Primary Source	Neidhardt, F. C., Ingraham, J. L. & Schaechter, M. (1990) Physiology of the Bacterial Cell: A Molecular Approach (Sinauer, Sunderland, MA). AND VanBogelen, R. A., Abshire, K. Z., Pertsemlidis, A., Clark, R. L. & Neidhardt, F. C. (1996) in Escherichia coli and Salmonella: Cellular and Molecular Biology, eds. Neidhardt, F. C., Curtis, R., III, Ingraham, J. L., Lin, E. C. C., Low, K. B., Magasanik, B., Reznikoff, W. S., Riley, M., Schaecter, A. & Umbarger, H. E. (Am. Soc. Microbiol., Washington, DC), 2nd Ed., pp. 2067–2117.
Comments	"Abundant E. coli proteins are found in concentrations of 50,000 to 100,000 molecules per cell (primary sources)"
Entered by	Uri M
ID	108821