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From [1], "Mycoplasma genitalium: it has only about 480 genes in its genome of 580 070 nucleotide pairs." So in average, each gene is 1200 nucleotide pairs. A
by gberger 10y ago
From [1], "Mycoplasma genitalium: it has only about 480 genes in its genome of 580 070 nucleotide pairs." So in average, each gene is 1200 nucleotide pairs.
A nucleotide is one of [A,T,C,G]. So that means it encodes 2 bits of information.
473 * 1200 * 2 = 1 135 200 bits, or 141.9 kilobyte.
Of course, this is coming from a software developer using numbers from Google, so I might be wildly wrong.
[1] "Molecular biology of the cell" by Bruce Alberts
- haberman 10y agoThat's a great start at least! Posting something that is wildly wrong is the best way to get someone who knows more to interject with corrected information, so hopefully someone with expertise can confirm or deny.
- gberger 10y agoCunningham's Law
- pYQAJ6Zm 10y ago141.9 kB! In the future, I expect there will be a demoscene of biosynthetics.