aminoacids in human genome - (Dec/04/2006 )
Hello everybody,
I am more of an information proccessing rather than a biology specialist. I have been trying to research this question without much success. Is there an estimate one can make for me regarding the grand total number of aminoacids that comprise all 46 human chromosomes? I would appreciate any help on this subject.
I am more of an information proccessing rather than a biology specialist. I have been trying to research this question without much success. Is there an estimate one can make for me regarding the grand total number of aminoacids that comprise all 46 human chromosomes? I would appreciate any help on this subject.
I didn't really understand your question: a chromosome is made of DNA, not aminoacids... And the triplets code for 20 different aminoacids.
Could you explain exactly what you would like to know, please?
3 000 000 000 base pairs per haploid genome
haploid genome is considered as the reference for comparison of genome lenght with haploid genomes.
so in the 46chr, it's 2x. So 6 bilions base pairs
Mmm... 
Exists only 20 different aminoacids, no matter chromosome number or genome size. Not all DNA codes for proteins. Less that 2% of human genome does, so I think it doesn't have sense to estimate the grand total number of aminoacids in human genome.
Thanx fred_33, I believe this answers my question. If there are 6 billion base pairs of aminoacids in the double helixes of the genome then we have 12 billion aminoacid molecules comprising the entire human genome. Is it possible for you to site a reference for the number.
3 000 000 000 base pairs per haploid genome? I do need to document my estimate. If you do not remember an exact source maybe some pointer, anything that can help me locate such documentation.
haploid genome is considered as the reference for comparison of genome lenght with haploid genomes.
so in the 46chr, it's 2x. So 6 bilions base pairs
dear grejohn,
i don't know what are your global knowledge of biology, but not intenting to offense you, i wanted to tell you that you're making an enormous mistake:
aminoacids are components of PROTEINS
nucleotides, or bases are components of DNA and RNA. That's the folding of DNA that makes the chromosomes. SO CHROMOSOMES ARE MADE OF [BASES-DEOXYRIBOSE-PHOSPHATE] motifs.
No offense is taken, I know that my biology knowledge is limited but the way I understand it, the deoxyribose phosphate molecules form the base of the double helix which supports the "rangs of the ladder" so to speak, which consist of the four nucleotides (which I mistakenly called basic aminoacids)
adenine with thymine and guanine with cytosine . It is the total number of these
A-T and G-C pairs in the hunan genome that I am interested to know.
i don't know what are your global knowledge of biology, but not intenting to offense you, i wanted to tell you that you're making an enormous mistake:
aminoacids are components of PROTEINS
nucleotides, or bases are components of DNA and RNA. That's the folding of DNA that makes the chromosomes. SO CHROMOSOMES ARE MADE OF [BASES-DEOXYRIBOSE-PHOSPHATE] motifs.