using object oriented programming to model the interactions of 28 categories of molecules, including dna, rna, proteins, and metabolites, and running on a 128 computer linux cluster, the simulation takes 10 hours for a single m. genitalium cell to divide once—about the same time the actual cell takes—and generates half a gigabyte of data. research the discovery of protein m, a new protein from m. genitalium, was announced in february 2014. the protein was identified during investigations on the origin of multiple myeloma, a b-cell hematologic neoplasm. to understand the long-term mycoplasma infection, it was found that antibodies from multiple myeloma patients' blood were recognised by m. genitalium. the antibody reactivity was due to a protein never known before, and is chemically responsive to all types of human and nonhuman antibodies available. the protein is about 50 kda in size, and composed of 556 amino acids.