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Number of various signaling protein molecules in one cell Various Table - link N/A 101729 S Legewie, H Herzel,...
Number of DNA pol α in typical animal cell Eukaryotes 20,000 to 60,000 Molecules/cell 108716 PHAR 2811 Dale’s lecture...
Number of mRNA molecules in a typical single cell Mammals ~100,000 - 1,000,000 mRNAs/cell 111220 Islam S. et al., Quantitative...
Number of algae (Chlorogonium sp.) in a single cell Ciliate Histiobalantium natans ≤90 algae/cell 114556 G.F. Esteban, K.J. Clarke...
Number of proteins in cell Bacteria Escherichia coli 3,000,000-4,000,000 proteins/cell 115702 Milo R. What is the total...
Thickness of cell wall bacteria Gram positive 20-80nm: Gram negative 10nm Table - link nm 111939 The Microbial World,...
Lipopolysaccharide content of cell wall bacteria Gram positive 0%: Gram negative 13% Table - link N/A 111944 The Microbial World,...
Peptidoglycan content of cell wall bacteria Gram positive >50%: Gram negative 10-20% Table - link % 111941 The Microbial World,...
Total number of amino acids in a cell (mostly in proteins) Bacteria Escherichia coli 5.6×10^8 - 2.5×10^9 Table - link Amino acids 100089 Bremer, H., Dennis, P....
Volume of a typical cell Mammalian tissue culture cell 4000 µm^3 105906 Luby-Phelps K. Cytoa...
Number of Band III protein in red blood cell cortex Human Homo sapiens 1.2e+6 Copies/cell 101805 Dennis Bray, Cell movements...
Fraction of total ATP turnover that is ATP consumption to maintain protein levels in the absence of growth in vitro Mammals in isolated rabbit reticulocytes 50%: in cultured mice ascites tumour cells 36% % 113243 Brown GC. Total cell...
Number of adducin α/β proteins in red blood cell cortex Human Homo sapiens 30000 Copies/cell 101812 Dennis Bray, Cell movements...
Number of mRNA molecules in a typical single mammalian cell Mammals 200000 mRNAs/cell 109916 Shapiro E, Biezuner T...
Number of core RNAP enzyme molecules in a growing cell Bacteria Escherichia coli ~2,000 RNAP/cell 113766 Ishihama A, Functional...
Lipid and lipoprotein content of cell wall bacteria Gram positive 0-3%: Gram negative 58% Table - link % 111942 The Microbial World,...
Number of adrenodoxin, an electrontransfer protein Cow Bos Taurus 180000 proteins/cell 114156 Park M et al., Orientation...
Number of MDCK cells at confluence on 35-mm dishes Mammalian tissue culture cell 1e+6 to 2e+6 cells/dish 108875 Erlinger SU, Saier MH...
Median protein copy number in HeLa cells Human Homo sapiens 18000 (Excel Table - link) molecules per cell 108425 Nagaraj N, Wisniewski JR...
Volume of cell and mass of protein in thymocyte (assuming protein concentration of 200 g/l) Unspecified volume 250µm^3: protein mass 50pg N/A 113238 Wiśniewski JR, Hein MY...