Constituent
Name
Bovine serum albumin (BSA)
Family
molecular solid
Class
mixed molecular solid
Compound type
organic molecular solid
Constituent abundance in material
Relevance
main - major
Arrangement
single phase
Mass fraction
1.0
Chemical composition
Isotope mixture type
terrestrial abundance
  Formula Name Family Number min-max Mole fraction Mass fraction State Relevance Comments
$C$ Carbon element constituent element main
$H$ Hydrogen element constituent element main
$O$ Oxygen element constituent element main
$N$ Nitrogen element constituent element main
$S$ Sulfur element constituent element main
Composition comments
BSA is a single polypeptide chain consisting of about 583 amino acid residues and no carbohydrates.
Chemical functions
  Function Number
$R-C(=O)-NH-R$
$R-NH_2$
$R-S-H$
$R-CH_3$
$R-CH_2-CH_3$
$R-OH$
$R-CH2-OH$
$R-C(=O)-OH$
$R-S-R$
Chemical bonds
  Bond Number
$\geq C-H$
$-O-H$
$>N-H$
$-S-H$
$>C=O$
$\geq C-O-$
$\geq C-C \leq$
$>C=C<$
$\geq C-N<$
$\eqslantgtr C-N<$
$>C=N-$
Phase type
crystalline
Texture
macromolecular
Molar mass
66430 $g/mol$
Color
White to Off-White