Cost of maintenance of enzymes and RNA

Range for milk protein production ~5 mol ATP/mol monomer: during animal growth ~20 mol ATP/mol monomer
Organism Cow Bos Taurus
Reference Penning de Vries FW, Brunsting AH, van Laar HH. Products, requirements and efficiency of biosynthesis: a quantitative approach. J Theor Biol. 1974 Jun45(2):339-77 p.357 2nd paragraphPubMed ID4367755
Primary Source Es, A. J. H. Van (1971). In Hulsenberger Gesprache. Hamburg: Verlagsgesellschaft fur Tierzuchterische Arbeiten
Comments P.357 2nd paragraph: "Maintenance of enzymes and RNA was estimated on the basis of experiments to require about 5 mole ATP per mole monomer for milk protein production in cows and about 20 during animal growth (primary source)."
Entered by Uri M
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