In <34435162.3314 at medizin.fu-berlin.de> Kai Riecke
<riecke at medizin.fu-berlin.de> writes:
>>Hello,
>>my collegue,
>rthiel at zedat.fu-berlin.de>would like to know the protein content of mouse (or rodent)
>Erythrocytes.
>Medline research did not help her very much. So she would be grateful
>for
>your help.
>>Thanks, Kai
>--
>Kai Riecke
>Institut fuer Klinische Pharmakologie und Toxikologie
>Tel xx49-30-8384352
>Email riecke at medizin.fu-berlin.de
RBCs of all mammals have about the same hemoglobin content, which is
around .35 grams/cc. Since RBCs have about the same density as water,
and since almost all their protein is hemoglobin, that makes RBCs
pretty close to 35% protein by wet-weight.
Steve Harris, M.D.
