Typical signal peptide length in Gram positive bacteria

Range <100 amino acids/peptide
Organism bacteria
Reference Pai A, You L: Optimal tuning of bacterial sensing potential. Molecular systems biology 2009, 5(286) :286 doi: 10.1038/msb.2009.43. Supplementary Text 2 p.23 top paragraphPubMed ID19584835
Primary Source Kleerebezem M, Quadri LE, Kuipers OP, de Vos WM (1997) Quorum sensing by peptide pheromones and two-component signal-transduction systems in Gram-positive bacteria. Molecular microbiology 24: 895-904.PubMed ID9219998
Comments Supplementary Text 2 p.23 top paragraph:"[Investigators] note that signal peptides (including peptide precursors) are typically less than 100 amino acids in length (primary source) and typical peptide and mRNA elongation rates (Neidhardt, 1987) are 21 amino acids/s and 50 nucleotides/s respectively. Thus peptide and mRNA elongation times can be ignored in comparison with transcription and translation initiation rates."
Entered by Uri M
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