Number of proteins in ribosome

Value 78 unitless
Organism Fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster
Reference Ribosomal Protein Gene Database link
Method I counted the number of ribosomal prtoteins for drosophila on the database
Comments A better reference is needed. 46 proteins in the large subunit, 32 proteins in the small subunit. The sequence of 75 of the 80 proteins has been determined
Entered by Uri M
ID 102479