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Why protiens are precipitated at their isoelectric point?
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Why protiens are precipitated at their isoelectric point?
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(09-29-2017, 07:22 PM)Fazlil Wrote: Why protiens are precipitated at their isoelectric point?

At isoelectric point there is no net charge on a protein.

At any other pH there remains a net electric charge on a protein which enables it to interact with water (or other related solvents i.e polar solvents). So, if a protein lacks a charge, it will not interact with the solvent (assuming it is polar); which in turn will lead to over powering of protein-protein interactions as compared to protein-water (or polar solvent) interactions; thereby leading to precipitation.
Sunil Nagpal
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There must be defined nature of solvent , as water is a polar solvent and in above answer it should be mentioned other related solvents as 'polar solvents'. In non-polar solvents protein may not precipitate at their isoelectric ph
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(09-29-2017, 08:55 PM)vishu272 Wrote: There must be defined nature of solvent , as water is a polar solvent and in above answer it should be mentioned other related solvents as 'polar solvents'. In non-polar solvents protein may not precipitate at their isoelectric ph

Completely agree!..editing it to clearly put related (to water) solvents as Polar solvents...

(@SunilNagpal, I just put an extra information regarding "Polar solvents" as the exact term for your citation of solvents related to Water)
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