Number of proteins produced per cell

Value 6e+9 Proteins/cell
Organism HeLa cell line
Reference Siwiak M, Zielenkiewicz P. Transimulation - protein biosynthesis web service. PloS ONE. 2013 Sep 05 8(9): e73943 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0073943. p.3 right column 2nd paragraphPubMed ID24040122
Method Researchers developed a model to measure the absolute, translational activity at the level of individual genes.
Comments "...according to reference [23], the entire proteome of a mammalian cell contains about 8e9 molecules, while [researchers'] model predicts 6e9 proteins per cell."
Entered by Marlena Siwiak
ID 109528