Table 1 Different physico-chemical properties of transketolase (Plasmodium falciparum 3D7)

Molecular weight

75815.2

Extinction coefficients

82460

Abs 0.1 % (=1 g/l) 1.088, assuming all pairs of Cys residues form cystines

Ext. coefficient

81710

Abs 0.1 % (=1 g/l) 1.078, assuming all Cys residues are reduced

Theoretical pI

6.50

Total number of negatively charged residues (Asp + Glu):

76

Total number of positively charged residues (Arg + Lys):

70

Instability index

38

Grand average of hydropathicity (GRAVY)

-0.402

Aliphatic index

82.89