Biochemical Properties


Protein Name: glutamine synthetase

Strain: Salinibacter ruber M8


Number of amino acids: 446

Molecular weight: 49391.9

Theoretical pI: 4.53

Total number of negatively charged residues (Asp + Glu): 78

Total number of positively charged residues (Arg + Lys): 38

Instability index:The instability index (II) is computed to be 40.66

This classifies the protein as unstable

Aliphatic index: 81.64

Grand average of hydropathicity (GRAVY): -0.317

Amino acid composition (%):

Ala Arg Asn Asp Cys Gln Glu Gly His Ile Leu lys Mcf Phe Pro Ser Thr Trp Tyr Val
10.5 5.4 2.7 8.7 0.4 3.1 8.7 6.3 2.9 5.4 7.8 3.1 1.6 5.4 5.6 5.6 6.3 0.7 2.9 6.7


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
2195 3371 587 695 9