Biochemical Properties

Protein Name: dihydrofolate reductase

Strain: Haloarcula vallismortis ATCC 29715

Number of amino acids: 186

Molecular weight: 20333.3

Theoretical pI: 4.32

Total number of negatively charged residues (Asp + Glu): 34

Total number of positively charged residues (Arg + Lys): 14

Instability index:The instability index (II) is computed to be 50.32

This classifies the protein as unstable

Aliphatic index: 79.19

Grand average of hydropathicity (GRAVY): -0.318

Amino acid composition (%):

Ala	Arg	Asn	Asp	Cys	Gln	Glu	Gly	His	Ile	Leu	lys	Mcf	Phe	Pro	Ser	Thr	Trp	Tyr	Val
10.2	7.0	1.6	10.8	0.5	1.1	7.5	8.1	2.7	4.3	7.0	0.5	1.1	3.8	7.0	6.5	6.5	1.1	4.3	8.6

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
898	1365	243	292	3