Experimental results describing a protein's amino acid composition are useful for estimating the molecular weight (MW) of the entire protein. A quantitative amino acid analysis reveals that bovine cytochrome c contains 6% alanine (?r 89.1) by weight. Calculate the approximate molecular weight of bovine cytochrome c if there are 6 alanine residues.

After staining an SDS-PAGE gel with Coomassie Blue G-250, the protein bands are visualized by de-staining the gel in a Coomassie Blue G-250 de-staining solution. This solution is made up of 10% acetic acid, 50% methanol, and 40% distilled water. How much of each of these components do you need to prepare 5 liters of Coomassie Blue G-250 de-staining solution?

The last residue of the protein (tail) is Tryptophan, and the first residue (head) is labeled with IAEDANS acceptor. Estimate the length of the protein (head to tail) if the efficiency of RET measures at 0.01 Please show step by step and how to get the 34.014 number

Suppose you have a solution of a protein, which contains a specific Tyr residue that has an actual (measured) pKa of 8.8. The protein binds a ligand by several noncovalent interactions, one of which is a hydrogen bond in which the Tyr phenolic hydroxyl group must serve as a hydrogen bond donor. Calculate the percentage of the protein molecules in which that tyrosyl residue's phenolic hydroxyl group could serve as a hydrogen bond donor at pH 8.5

A protein of unknown structure has been purified. Size-exclusion chromatography reveals that the native protein has a MW of 240,000. Chromatography in the presence of 6 M guanidine hydrochloride yields a single peak corresponding to a protein of MW 60,000. Chromatography in the presence of 6 M guanidine hydrochloride and 10 mM B-mercaptoethanol yields peaks for proteins of MW 34,000 and 26,000. Explain what can be determined about the structure of this protein from these data.

A purified protein fraction has a total sample volume of 360 µL.  The sample has a corrected A280 of 0.484, and the blank corrected A280 was 0.052.  (Both values were measured with a path length of 1.00 cm.)  If 5.00 µL of the sample was used in a reaction, calculate the mass of protein in the reaction (in µg).

Based on your knowledge of the natural amino acids, what would you expect pKa of the sidechain of beta-(aminomethyl)succinic acid to be? Draw an appropriate titration curve for beta-(aminomethyl)succinic acid, labeling the axes, indicating the equivalence points and the pKavalues, and use a drawing to show the protonated/deprotonated forms.

This SDS-PAGE loading buffer has SDS (a denaturing detergent), β-mercaptoethanol (a reducing agent), Coomassie Blue (a dye), and glycerol. You will need to dilute your protein samples such that the final concentration of the loading buffer is 1x, meaning that you will add 5 parts of the protein sample for every 1 part of 6x buffer. Calculate how much of the 6x loading buffer you will need to add to each sample. Then, add the appropriate amount of 6x SDS-PAGE loading buffer to the samples. Store the samples in the -20°C freezer. What is the final concentration of glycerol in each of the samples?