Biochemical Properties


Protein Name: reverse transcriptase

Strain: Bacillus cereus ATCC 10987


Number of amino acids: 57

Molecular weight: 74876.1

Theoretical pI: 10.02

Total number of negatively charged residues (Asp + Glu): 57

Total number of positively charged residues (Arg + Lys): 119

Instability index:The instability index (II) is computed to be 37.56

This classifies the protein as stable

Aliphatic index: 81.57

Grand average of hydropathicity (GRAVY): -0.689

Amino acid composition (%):

Ala Arg Asn Asp Cys Gln Glu Gly His Ile Leu lys Mcf Phe Pro Ser Thr Trp Tyr Val
4.5 6.1 8.1 3.6 1.4 4.4 5.3 4.2 2.5 8.9 8.1 12.5 2.8 3.3 4.2 5.5 6.1 1.6 3.4 3.7


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
1903 2979 511 570 15