Biochemical Properties


Protein Name: carbon starvation protein CstA

Strain: Halorubrum lacusprofundi ATCC 49239


Number of amino acids: 617

Molecular weight: 64239.6

Theoretical pI: 4.90

Total number of negatively charged residues (Asp + Glu): 38

Total number of positively charged residues (Arg + Lys): 24

Instability index:The instability index (II) is computed to be 26.94

This classifies the protein as stable

Aliphatic index: 114.46

Grand average of hydropathicity (GRAVY): 0.732

Amino acid composition (%):

Ala Arg Asn Asp Cys Gln Glu Gly His Ile Leu lys Mcf Phe Pro Ser Thr Trp Tyr Val
12.3 2.3 1.9 2.9 0.3 2.3 3.2 12.6 1.1 6.0 12.5 1.6 1.9 5.0 4.5 7.3 5.7 2.3 3.7 10.4


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
2985 4607 723 823 14