Total RNAPs per cell

Range 1500-11400 molecules per cell
Organism Bacteria Escherichia coli
Reference X. Sunney Xie, Paul J. Choi, Gene-Wei Li, Nam Ki Lee, and Giuseppe Lia, 'Single-Molecule Approach to Molecular Biology in Living Bacterial Cells', Annu. Rev. Biophys. 2008. 37:p.419PubMed ID18573089
Primary Source Bremer H, Dennis PP. 1996. Modulation of chemical composition and other parameters of the cell by growth rate. In Escherichia coli and Salmonella: Cellular and Molecular Biology, ed. FCNeidhardt,RCurtiss, JL Ingraham,ECCLin,KBLow, et al., pp. 1553–69.Washington,DC: ASM
Comments the number of RNA polymerase molecules per cell has been calculated and was found to increase from 1,500 to 11,400 between growth rates of 0.6 and 2.5 doublings per h.
Entered by Uri M
ID 102016