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Do proteins have weight

Updated: 11/19/2022
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Yes all the proteins can be theoretically weighed easily by its number of amino acids. An average molecular weight of an amino acid is 110Da. So if a protein is containing 100 amino acids, it would be 100x110=11000Da or 11 kilo Dalton(kDa). Post translational modifications such as glycosylation,phosphorylation, ubiquitination add uo extra mass to the protein.

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