From: Stephen Raso <swr2269@vms1.tamu.edu>
  To  : rasmb@bbri.harvard.edu
  Date: Wed, 09 Oct 1996 20:25:52 -0500

Partial Specific Volume of Myristoyl group

Hi,
	I have a protein which has a myristoyl (14-carbon fatty acid 
deriviative) on the n-terminal end.  The protein itself is 41K with a 
calcualted Vbar of 0.73.  The only way I obtain a molecular wt. in 
this range from equilibrium data is with a Vbar around 0.77.  Does 
anyone know what the contribution of this hydrophobic group is to the 
protein's Vbar?  Thanks for the help.

Steve Raso 
Dept. of Chemistry
Texas A&M U.