Conversion of kda into grams

[Han]

Raghu <hiraghuraman from gmail.com> wrote in news:bdac4aba-a797-4180-9dba-
3fd354a13cae from f40g2000pri.googlegroups.com:

> Hi all members,
> 
>                A single cell of E.coli weighs 2*10 raise -12 gms- dry
> weight. 13% of the dry weight corresponds to proteins. one protein of
> molecular wt 50 kda is 0.1% of dry wt of E.coli. If this is d case
> then wats the mass of dat protein in gms. Plz answer this question if
> any1 cud solve....
> 
There is too much data.  The MW of the protein is immaterial, and so is the 
% of the dry weight as total protein.
1 E coli is 2 pg, or 2000 fg
0.1% is 2 fg as the weighting of that protein per E. coli cell.

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Han 
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