Point isoelectric

Average the two pA), s that convert the charge from +1 to 0 and from 0 to -1. This will give yon an estimate of the p7. 

Proteins are composed of combinations of amino acids as well as other functional groups. Due to a preponderance of weakly acidic groups, proteins are nearly all negatively charged at neutral pH. Thus, proteins trapped inside living cells will usually carry a net negative charge. 

The greater the pH deviates from the isoelectric point, the greater wiU be the charge on protein molecnles. If proteins are suspended in water with varying pH, and an electrically negative cathode and positive anode are in place, the protein will move toward the cathode at low pH, will not move at all at the isoelectric point, and will move toward the anode at high pH valnes. Proteinaceous materials such as wool, silk, and gelatin will exhibit this behavior. 

The solubility of the protein is minimal at the isoelectric point. Also, because protein shape is determined very much by intramolecular electrical attraction (see Section 3.8), the shapes of proteins can be dramatically altered by pH. Such abnormally shaped proteins are called denatured and no longer function for their intended purposes. 

Fermentation affects the sugars in grape juice, but the proteins remain in suspension with the result that the wine appears cloudy. To clear the wine, a fine claylike substance called Bentonite can be added. Bentonite attracts positively charged particles and precipitates them. This process is called fining. 

Wine is usually very acidic and below the isoelectric point of the suspended proteins. At a pH of 3.2, 100% of the proteins are positively charged and are capable of being removed with a Bentonite fining agent. 

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The swelling of gels is markedly affected by the presence of electrolytes, this effect being a minimum at the isoelectric point of the material. In general, sulphates, tartrates, etc. inhibit swelling, while iodides and thiocyanates promote the swelling. Thus gelatine disperses completely in iodide solution even at low temperatures. 

Figure V-8 illustrates that there can be a pH of zero potential interpreted as the point of zero charge at the shear plane this is called the isoelectric point (iep). Because of specific ion and Stem layer adsorption, the iep is not necessarily the point of zero surface charge (pzc) at the particle surface. An example of this occurs in a recent study of zircon (ZrSi04), where the pzc measured by titration of natural zircon is 5.9 0.1...

One potentially powerfiil approach to chemical imaging of oxides is to capitalize on the tip-surface interactions caused by the surface charge induced under electrolyte solutions [189]. The sign and the amount of the charge induced on, for example, an oxide surface under an aqueous solution is detenuined by the pH and ionic strength of the solution, as well as by the isoelectric point (lEP) of the sample. At pH values above the lEP, the charge is negative below this value. 

Table 27 2 includes a column labeled pi which is the isoelectric point of the ammo acid The isoelectric point, also called the isoionic point, is the pH at which the ammo acid has no net charge It is the pH at which the concentration of the zwitterion is a maximum At a pH lower than pi the ammo acid is positively charged at a pH higher than pi the ammo acid is negatively charged For the ammo acids m Table 27 2 pi is the average of pA i and pK 2 and lies slightly to the acid side of neutrality... 

Some ammo acids have side chains that bear acidic or basic groups As Table 27 3 indicates these ammo acids are characterized by three values The third pK reflects the nature of the side chain Acidic ammo acids (aspartic and glutamic acid) have acidic side chains basic ammo acids (lysine arginine and histidine) have basic side chains The isoelectric points of the ammo acids m Table 27 3 are midway between the pK values of the zwitterion and its conjugate acid Take two examples aspartic acid and lysine Aspartic acid has an acidic side chain and a pi of 2 77 Lysine has a basic side chain and a pi of 9 74... 

Thus if a mixture containing alanine aspartic acid and lysine is subjected to electrophoresis m a buffer that matches the isoelectric point of alanine (pH 6 0) aspartic acid (pi = 2 8) migrates toward the positive electrode alanine remains at the origin and lysine (pi =9 7) migrates toward the negative elec trode (Figure 27 3b)... 

FIGURE 27 3 Application of electrophoresis to the separation of aspartic acid alanine and lysine according to their charge type at a pH corresponding to the isoelectric point (pi) of alanine... 

The most stable structure of a neutral ammo acid is a zwitterion The pH of an aqueous solution at which the concentration of the zwitterion IS a maximum is called the isoelectric point (pi)... 

Isobutyl group (Section 2 13) The group (CH3)2CHCH2— Isoelectric point (Section 27 3) pH at which the concentration of the zwittenonic form of an amino acid is a maximum At a pH below the isoelectric point the dominant species is a cation At higher pH an anion predominates At the isoelec tnc point the ammo acid has no net charge Isolated diene (Section 10 5) Diene of the type... 

This table lists the and pi (pH at the isoelectric point) values of a-amino acids commonly found in proteins along with their abbreviations. The dissociation constants refer to aqueous solutions at 25°C. 

Table 2. Isoelectric Points of Some Solids in Aqueous Media...

The basic flow sheet for the flotation-concentration of nonsulfide minerals is essentially the same as that for treating sulfides but the family of reagents used is different. The reagents utilized for nonsulfide mineral concentrations by flotation are usually fatty acids or their salts (RCOOH, RCOOM), sulfonates (RSO M), sulfates (RSO M), where M is usually Na or K, and R represents a linear, branched, or cycHc hydrocarbon chain and amines [R2N(R)3]A where R and R are hydrocarbon chains and A is an anion such as Cl or Br . Collectors for most nonsulfides can be selected on the basis of their isoelectric points. Thus at pH > pH p cationic surfactants are suitable collectors whereas at lower pH values anion-type collectors are selected as illustrated in Figure 10 (28). Figure 13 shows an iron ore flotation flow sheet as a representative of high volume oxide flotation practice. 

Sodium Poly(4-styrene sulfonate). The sol—gel processing of TMOS in the presence of sodium poly-4-styrene sulfonate (NaPSS) has been used to synthesize inorganic—organic amorphous complexes (61). These sodium siUcate materials were then isotherm ally crystallized. The processing pH, with respect to the isoelectric point of amorphous siUca, was shown to influence the morphology of the initial gel stmctures. Using x-ray diffraction, the crystallization temperatures were monitored and were found to depend on these initial microstmctures. This was explained in terms of the electrostatic interaction between the evolving siUcate stmctures and the NaPSS prior to heat treatment at elevated temperatures. 

Purified hGH is a white amorphous powder in its lyophilized form. It is readily soluble (concentrations >10 mg/mL) in dilute aqueous buffers at pH values above 7.2. The isoelectric point is 5.2 (3) and the generally accepted value for the extinction coefficient at 280 nm is 17,700 (Af-cm) (4),... 

Because of the zwitterion formation, mutual buffering action, and the presence of strongly acid components, soybean phosphoHpids have an overall pH of about 6.6 and react as slightly acidic in dispersions-in-water or in solutions-in-solvents. Further acidification brings soybean phosphoHpids to an overall isoelectric point of about pH 3.5. The alcohol-soluble fraction tends to favor oil-in-water emulsions and the alcohol-insoluble phosphoHpids tend to promote water-in-oil emulsions. 

G. A. Parks, Chem. Revs. 65, 177—198 (1965). A comprehensive list of isoelectric points for soHd oxides and hydroxides. 

A large part of the dissolved amino acid exists as the ampholyte (2witterion). The isoelectric point (pi) is the pH at which the net electric charge of a dissolved amino acid molecule is 2ero. p /is expressed as... 

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