Biochemical Properties


Protein Name: alpha amylase catalytic region

Strain: Halorubrum saccharovorum DSM 1137


Number of amino acids: 163

Molecular weight: 81763.4

Theoretical pI: 4.36

Total number of negatively charged residues (Asp + Glu): 147

Total number of positively charged residues (Arg + Lys): 65

Instability index:The instability index (II) is computed to be 36.51

This classifies the protein as stable

Aliphatic index: 75.31

Grand average of hydropathicity (GRAVY): -0.419

Amino acid composition (%):

Ala Arg Asn Asp Cys Gln Glu Gly His Ile Leu lys Mcf Phe Pro Ser Thr Trp Tyr Val
12.9 8.5 1.8 12.2 0.5 0.7 7.3 9.5 2.9 2.0 7.1 0.1 0.8 3.4 7.8 4.0 4.8 1.7 2.8 9.2


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
3585 5442 1026 1158 10