| Value |
0.34
g/ml
|
| Organism |
Bacteria Escherichia coli |
| Reference |
Ridgway D et al., Coarse-grained molecular simulation of diffusion and reaction kinetics in a crowded virtual cytoplasm. Biophys J. 2008 May 15 94(10):3748-59. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.116053 p.3752 left column 2nd paragraphPubMed ID18234819
|
| Primary Source |
Zimmerman SB, Trach SO. Estimation of macromolecule concentrations and excluded volume effects for the cytoplasm of Escherichia coli. J Mol Biol. 1991 Dec 5 222(3):599-620.PubMed ID1748995
|
| Comments |
"Since ribosomes constitute 40–50% of the total cell mass of exponentially
growing E. coli (62), a separate ribosomal class was introduced that assumed
a copy number of 18,000 ribosomes per cell (60) contributing to a total
density of 0.34 g/ml (primary source)." |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
109049 |