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. 2014 May 7;165(3):1380–1391. doi: 10.1104/pp.114.235358

Table III. Major biomass components of a photoautotrophic Arabidopsis leaf cell and their approximated composition with respect to dry weight.

The detailed composite is given in Supplemental Data S1, Text S1.4.

Component Composition References
µmol g−1 dry wt
Cell wall 363.88a DeBolt et al. (2009)
Protein 2,911.09b Mooney et al. (2006); Sulpice et al. (2013)
Soluble metabolites 214.66b Sulpice et al. (2013)
Lipid 779.97b Dörmann et al. (1995)
Starch 294.86a,b Sulpice et al. (2013)
DNA and RNA 4.25b Sharrock and Clack (2002)
a

Values for Glc dimer.  bValues of optimal growth conditions.