What is the net charge of the peptide arg-ala-phe-leu at ph 8?
1 answer:
The structure of this oligopeptide is attached:
It consists of arginine - alanine - phenylalanine and leucine
From the picture we can see that N terminus charge is +1
Also Arginine is considered as basic amino acid with charge +1
C terminus charge is -1
At pH = 8, the whose pKa are less than pH will be deprotonated and the net charge will be +1
So the net charge of this oligopeptide is +1 at pH = 8
It consists of arginine - alanine - phenylalanine and leucine
From the picture we can see that N terminus charge is +1
Also Arginine is considered as basic amino acid with charge +1
C terminus charge is -1
At pH = 8, the whose pKa are less than pH will be deprotonated and the net charge will be +1
So the net charge of this oligopeptide is +1 at pH = 8
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