The answer really is 42

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Scientists Counted All The Protein Molecules in a Cell And The Answer Really Is 42

Biologists have served up the answer to the ultimate question of life, the Universe, and everything.

That answer, as you may know, is 42. And the question, in this case, is “how many million protein molecules are there in a single cell?” …

S. cerevisiae is currently estimated to have a proteome of 5,858 proteins, and the team was able to determine that in an average yeast cell the molecules of these proteins would amount to 4.2 x 10^7 – or 42 million.