Table 2 Comparison of molecular weights based on sequence prediction.

From: Genome of the red alga Porphyridium purpureum

Contig

Weight (kDa) from Tan et al. 23

Weight predicted from protein sequence (kDa)

2142.1

22.0

22.68

2493.3/Lhcr2

21.0

21.8

3421.1

19.5

22.81

435.19

19.5

23.56

4406.7

23.5

22.79

491.7/Lhcr1

23.0†

23.08

776.1

22.5‡

22.42

  1. This was achieved using http://www.bioinformatics.org/sms/prot_mw.html
  2. †The authors suggest that Lhcr1 (contig 491.7) is either the 23.0 or the 22.5 band. Here we assume, based on the predicted weight, that it was the 23.0 kDa band.
  3. ‡Based on the process of elimination and predicted weights, it is likely that this is the 22.5 kDa band.
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