Human serum albumin (HSA) has a molecular weight of 66,000 g/mol. One compartment contains a solution...

 

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Human serum albumin (HSA) has a molecular weight of 66,000 g/mol. One compartment contains a solution with HSA and the other compartment in the osmotic cell contains only an electrolyte solution. At a pH of 8 the net charge on HSA is -20. (a) The compartment that only has the electrolyte solution is maintained at a pH-8 with 1 μM solution of NaOH. Find the concentration of Na+ and OH- in the HSA-containing compartment with a protein concentration of 40 mg/g-water. (b) What is the osmotic pressure at 298.15K in the cell in part (a)? (c) Compute the electrostatic potential difference between the two cells in part (a). Human serum albumin (HSA) has a molecular weight of 66,000 g/mol. One compartment contains a solution with HSA and the other compartment in the osmotic cell contains only an electrolyte solution. At a pH of 8 the net charge on HSA is -20. (a) The compartment that only has the electrolyte solution is maintained at a pH-8 with 1 μM solution of NaOH. Find the concentration of Na+ and OH- in the HSA-containing compartment with a protein concentration of 40 mg/g-water. (b) What is the osmotic pressure at 298.15K in the cell in part (a)? (c) Compute the electrostatic potential difference between the two cells in part (a).

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