Buffer amino acid

An acid-base conjugate pair can act as a buffer, resisting changes in pH. From a titration curve of an acid the inflexion point indicates the pK value. The buffering capacity of the acid-base pair is the ptC 1 pH unit. In biological fluids the phosphate and carbonate ions act as buffers. Amino acids, proteins, nucleic acids and lipids also have some buffering capacity. In the laboratory other compounds, such as TRIS, are used to buffer solutions at the appropriate pH. 

The overall organization of topics is designed to lead the student logically through the biochemical organization of cells. Emphasis is placed on the structures and functions of the molecular components of cells and on metabolic controls. The text begins with a discussion of water, acids, bases, and buffers, amino acids, proteins, and thermodynamics (Chapters 1-5). This is fol-... 

Weber, P. L. Buck, D. R. Capillary Electrophoresis A Past and Simple Method for the Determination of the Amino Acid Composition of Proteins, /. Chem. Educ. 1994, 71, 609-612. This experiment describes a method for determining the amino acid composition of cyctochrome c and lysozyme. The proteins are hydrolyzed in acid, and an internal standard of a-aminoadipic acid is added. Derivatization with naphthalene-2,3-dicarboxaldehyde gives derivatives that absorb at 420 nm. Separation is by MEKC using a buffer solution of 50 mM SDS in 20 mM sodium borate. 

The differences in the amino acid chemistry of the hide coUagen and the hair keratin are the basis of the lime-sulfide unhairing system. Hair contains the amino acid cystine. This sulfur-containing amino acid cross-links the polypeptide chains of mature hair proteins. In modem production of bovine leathers the quantity of sulfide, as Na2S or NaSH, is normally 2—4% based on the weight of the hides. The lime is essentially an unhmited supply of alkah buffered to pH 12—12.5. The sulfide breaks the polypeptide S—S cross-links by reduction. Unhairing without sulfide may take several days or weeks. The keratin can be easily hydrolyzed once there is a breakdown in the hair fiber stmcture and the hair can be removed mechanically. The coUagen hydrolysis is not affected by the presence of the sulfides (1—4,7). 

In Cosmetics. Amino acids and their derivatives occur in skin protein, and they exhibit a controlling or buffering effect of pH variation in skin and a bactericidal effect (216). Serine is one component of skin care cream or lotion. Ai-Acylglutamic acid triethanolamine monosalt is used for shampoo. Glucose glutamate is a moisturizing compound for hair and skin (234). 

Properties and Structure. a -Acid glycoprotein (a -AGP) has a molecular mass of about 41,000 and consists of a peptide chain having 181 amino acid residues and five carbohydrate units (14,15). Two cystine disulfide cross-linkages connect residues 5 and 147 and residues 72 and 164. The carbohydrate units comprise 45% of the molecule and contain siaUc acid, hexosamine, and neutral hexoses. In phosphate buffer the isoelectric point of the... 

Preparation of PhAcOZ amino acids proceeds from the chloroformate, and cleavage is accomplished enzymatically with penicillin G acylase (pH 7 phosphate buffer, 25°, NaHS03, 40-88% yield). In a related approach, the 4-ace-toxy derivative is used, but in this case deprotection is achieved using the lipase, acetyl esterase, from oranges (pH 7, NaCl buffer, 45°, 57-70% yield). 

Some ligand-exchange CSPs have been used at preparative level [31, 32]. In this case it must be taken into account that an extraction process, to remove the copper salts added to the mobile phase, must be performed following the chromatographic process [33]. Teicoplanin, in contrast, resolves all ordinary a and (3-amino acids with mobile phases consisting of alcohol/water mixtures. No buffer is needed in the... 

The first partial chiral resolution reported in CCC dates from 1982 [120]. The separation of the two enantiomers of norephedrine was partially achieved, in almost 4 days, using (/ ,/ )-di-5-nonyltartrate as a chiral selector in the organic stationary phase. In 1984, the complete resolution of d,l-isoleucine was described, with N-dodecyl-L-proline as a selector in a two-phase buffered n-butanol/water system containing a copper (II) salt, in approximately 2 days [121]. A few partial resolutions of amino acids and dmg enantiomers with proteic selectors were also published [122, 123]. 

For most free amino acids and small peptides, a mixture of alcohol with water is a typical mobile phase composition in the reversed-phase mode for glycopeptide CSPs. For some bifunctional amino acids and most other compounds, however, aqueous buffer is usually necessary to enhance resolution. The types of buffers dictate the retention, efficiency and - to a lesser effect - selectivity of analytes. Tri-ethylammonium acetate and ammonium nitrate are the most effective buffer systems, while sodium citrate is also effective for the separation of profens on vancomycin CSP, and ammonium acetate is the most appropriate for LC/MS applications. 

Fig. 3-3. Comparison of the values of enantiomeric resolution of different DNP-D,L-amino acids at different deconvolution stages of a cyclic hexapeptide sublibrary. Resolution values in a cyclo(Arg-Lys-X-X-X-P-Ala) sublibrary, in the first line, are compared to those obtained in sublibraries with a progressively increasing number of defined positions. All the sublibraries were 30 mM in the running buffer while the completely defined cyclo(Arg-Lys-Tyr-P-Tyr-P-Ala) peptide is used at 10 mM concentration. Conditions cyclopeptide sublibrary in 20 mM sodium phosphate buffer, pH 7.0 capillary, 50 pm i.d., 65 cm total length, 57 cm to the window V = -20 kV, I = 40 electrokinetic injection, -10 kV, 3 s detection at 340 nm. (Reprinted with permission from ref. [75]. Copyright 1998, American Chemical Society.)...

Fig. 7-9. Separation of amino acids after derivatization 5 with OPA and mercaptoethanol. Column Superspher 100 RP-18 (4 pm) LiChroCART 250-4, mobile phase 50 mM sodium acetate buffer pH 7.0/methanol, flowrate 1.0 ml min temperature 40 °C detection fluorescence, excitation 340 nm/emission 445 nm. Sample amino acid standard sample (Merck KGaA Application note W219180).

Acid-base indicator, 403-404q colors, 392-393 equivalence point and, 84 Acid-base reactions, 96-97q, 402q amino acids, 622-625 Brensted-Lowry model, 353-354 buffer systems, 383-391 equations for, 82-84 Lewis acid in, 410 Lewis base in, 410 types, 81-82... 

Reactions between aziridine-2-carboxylic acids and thiols in aqueous solution have been explored by Hata and Watanabe [112]. The reactions occurred predominantly at C-2 instead of C-3 to afford 3-amino acids, with the reaction between 148 (Scheme 3.53) and thiophenol in 0.2 m sodium phosphate buffer at room tem-... 

E. coli can easily grow on corn steep liquor with phosphate buffer for an incubation period of 3 days. Lysine is an essential amino acid for the nutrition of humans, which is used as a... 

A substrate is a substance that is the basic component of an organism. Protein substrates are amino acids, which are essential to life Protein substrates are amino acid preparations that act to promote the production of proteins (anabolism). Amino acids are necessary to promote synthesis of structural components, reduce the rate of protein breakdown (catabolism), promote wound healing, and act as buffers in the extracellular and intracellular fluids. Crystalline amino acid preparations are hypertonic solutions of balanced essential and nonessential amino acid concentrations that provide substrates for protein synthesis or act to conserve existing body protein. 

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