Table 3

Variation in the peptide chain elongation rate (PER), the number of active ribosomes in the cell per one amino acid in the synthesised proteins (RSGR:PER )and the fraction of rRNA in total RNA (FrRNA )in the studies

Organism

PER, amino acids per second per ribosome

RSGR:PER, × 10-5ribosomes per amino acids

FrRNA


Range

Mean value


1

2

3

4

5

Escherichia coli

12–21

0.97–2.29

0.851–0.866

0.856

Streptomyces coelicolor

0.59–3.17

1.13–2.63

0.851–0.858

0.855

Mycobacterium bovis

2.0

0.40

0.875

0.857

Saccharomyces cerevisiae (2 studies)

2.8–10.0

0.69–1.20

0.81–0.82

0.82

Neurospora crassa

5.35–8.02

0.47–2.18

0.694–0.884

0.857

Range (all the organisms)

0.59–21

0.40–2.63

0.69–0.88

0.82–0.857

Change by a factor of

36

6.5

1.3

1.0


Karpinets et al. BMC Biology 2006 4:30   doi:10.1186/1741-7007-4-30

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