Research Article

Towards a Computational Model of a Methane Producing Archaeum

Table 3

Mean protein copy numbers per cell for Mcr complex and ribosomes as estimated by dividing concentration of McrG and Rpl18p subunits in cell lysates by number of cells in the culture. All experiments were done with three technical replicates and two biological replicates grown in methanol.

Methlyl-coenzyme M-reductase
Biol. Conc. Cells/mL Count/cell
Rep. (nM)

1 1.1 ± 0.13 (5 ± 2) × 1081320 ± 713
2 0.37 ± 0.03 (8 ± 3) × 108273 ± 124

Ribosome
Biol. Conc. Cells/mL Count/cell
Rep. (nM)

1 5 (3 ± 1) × 108 10038 ± 3340
2 27.1 (9 ± 3) × 108 18135 ± 6040