Concentration of total protein inside cells

Range 200 to 300 g/L
Organism Unspecified
Reference Ellis RJ. Macromolecular crowding: an important but neglected aspect of the intracellular environment. Curr Opin Struct Biol. 2001 Feb11(1):114-9. p.114 right column bottom paragraphPubMed ID11179900
Comments The concentration of total protein inside cells is in the range 200–300 g/l, whereas that of RNA is in the range 75–150 g/l. Thus, the total concentration of protein and RNA inside Escherichia coli is in the range 300–400 g/l, depending on the growth phase.
Entered by Uri M
ID 107468