Halflives of the bulk of proteins that accumulate in E. coli

Range 5 - 20 hours
Organism Bacteria Escherichia coli
Reference Maurizi MR. Proteases and protein degradation in Escherichia coli. Experientia. 1992 Feb 15 48(2):178-201. p.180 left column top paragraphPubMed ID1740190
Comments "While the bulk of proteins that accumulate in E. coli are stable over several generations and have apparent half-lives of 5-20 h, a significant fraction of newly synthesized proteins and polypeptides are highly unstable and are turned over within one generation."
Entered by Uri M
ID 109920