Figure 6

Calculation of the numbers of active ribosomes as a function of the translation elongation rate. Local translation rates were calculated for each mRNA from the genome wide expression data as described in the text. The number of ribosomes bound per mRNA was then calculated based on the ORF length and varying translation elongation rates; the sum of all mRNA-bound ribosomes is shown in the graph as a function of the average elongation rate. The solid line was calculated for the mean translational activity (13,000 proteins per cell per second), broken lines were calculated at the upper and lower 90% confidence limit for this parameter (19,500 and 6,500 proteins per cell per second, respectively). Grey lines indicate elongation rates matching a total cell population of 186,000 active ribosomes.