front 1 Arginine has a ________ group | back 1 Guanidino (A really strong base/ very high pKa) |
front 2 Lysine has an _______ group | back 2 Amine |
front 3 Histidine has an _______ group | back 3 Imidazole (Deprotonation occurs at a very low pH) |
front 4 Can Zwitterions Act as Acids or Bases? | back 4 Yes they can |
front 5 Which Amino Acids are ionizable? | back 5 Aspartate, Arginine, Tyrosine, Histidine, Glutamate, Cysteine, and Lysine |
front 6 How do you calculate the Isoelectric point? | back 6 We need to find the pK values on either side of the Zwitterion. First, draw out all the ionizable amino acids. Then, write out their pKa values and rank them from 1 to however many. Then as you move through the number line of charges, note down which pKa takes the charge to 0 and from 0. Add those two values together and divide by 2 to find the isoelectric group. |