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Arginine: Its p Ka value revisited
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Using complementary approaches of potentiometry and NMR spectroscopy, we have determined that the equilibrium acid dissociation constant (p Ka value) of the arginine guanidinium group is 13.8 ± 0.1. This is substantially higher than that of ∼12 often used in structure‐based electrostatics calculations and cited in biochemistry textbooks. The revised intrinsic p Ka value helps explains why arginine side chains in proteins are always predominantly charged, even at pH values as great as 10. The high p Ka value also reinforces the observation that arginine side chains are invariably protonated under physiological conditions of near neutral pH. This occurs even when the guanidinium moiety is buried in a hydrophobic micro‐environment, such as that inside a protein or a lipid membrane, thought to be incompatible with the presence of a charged group.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Fitch, C. A., Platzer, G., Okon, M., Garcia‐Moreno E., B., & McIntosh, L. P.
- Venue
- Protein Science
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2015-03-22
- Volume
- 24
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 752-761
- ISSN
- 0961-8368 (ISSN-L)
- 1469-896X
- OpenAlex
- W1489827117
- Cited by
- 383
- References
- 30
- FWCI
- 8.49
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
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