Total protein half life

Value 6 Days
Organism Grass Festuca ovina
Reference Scheurwater I, Dünnebacke M, Eising R, Lambers H. Respiratory costs and rate of protein turnover in the roots of a fast-growing (Dactylis glomerata L.) and a slow-growing (Festuca ovina L.) grass species. J Exp Bot. 2000 Jun51(347):1089-97PubMed ID10948236
Method Pulse-chase labelling with 14C-leucine was used to determine the rate of protein turnover in the grass roots.
Comments This is a slow growing grass. This value corresponds to a protein degradation constant of 0.116 day-1
Entered by Uri M
ID 103661