Proteins can be precipitated out of aqueous solution by the addition of an electrolyte; this process is

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Proteins can be precipitated out of aqueous solution by the addition of an electrolyte; this process is called “salting out” the protein.

(a) Do you think that all proteins would be precipitated out to the same extent by the same concentration of the same electrolyte?

(b) If a protein has been salted out, are the protein–protein interactions stronger or weaker than they were before the electrolyte was added?

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Chemistry The Central Science

ISBN: 9780321910417

13th Edition

Authors: Theodore E. Brown, H. Eugene LeMay, Bruce E. Bursten, Catherine Murphy, Patrick Woodward, Matthew E. Stoltzfus

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