Why do we use the term 'half life' for proteins?
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"Half-life time" is a general term. This is a time after which the amount of substance X decreases by 50%.
If you take a bulk of something (say, 100 protein molecules), if this protein has half-life time of 1 hr, then 1 hr later you'll have 50 molecules left.
In cellular biology it usually means that 50% of protein got recycled/degraded in given half-life time
answered Sep 10, 2018 at 13:56
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$\begingroup$ why is not the term "life time" used? $\endgroup$ Commented Sep 15, 2018 at 17:16
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$\begingroup$ @souravthampan comparing to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluorescence-lifetime_imaging_microscopy I think main difference is that "lifetime" is a characteristic of process, which can be measured by "half life" time. $\endgroup$ Commented Sep 15, 2018 at 22:40