Biochemical Properties

Protein Name: methyl-accepting chemotaxis protein McpA

Strain: Salinibacter ruber M8

Number of amino acids: 530

Molecular weight: 56842.7

Theoretical pI: 4.34

Total number of negatively charged residues (Asp + Glu): 109

Total number of positively charged residues (Arg + Lys): 49

Instability index:The instability index (II) is computed to be 52.75

This classifies the protein as unstable

Aliphatic index: 76.66

Grand average of hydropathicity (GRAVY): -0.553

Amino acid composition (%):

Ala	Arg	Asn	Asp	Cys	Gln	Glu	Gly	His	Ile	Leu	lys	Mcf	Phe	Pro	Ser	Thr	Trp	Tyr	Val
13.0	6.8	2.5	6.8	0.0	6.2	13.8	9.2	1.3	5.5	5.1	2.5	1.7	2.1	1.5	7.4	5.7	0.4	0.9	7.7

Estimated half-life:
The N-terminal of the sequence considered is M (Met).
The estimated half-life is: 30 Hours (Mammalian reticulocytes, in vitro)

Atom composition:

Carbon	Hydrogen	Nitrogen	Oxygen	Sulphur
2396	3855	713	869	9