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Account for the fact that one carboxyl group is a considerably stronger acid than the other carboxyl group.

Transcribed Image Text:Glutamic acid is another of the amino acids found in proteins
acid has two carboxyl groups, one with pK, 2.10 and the other with pK, 4.0%.
Glutamic
но-С—СН, — СH,— CH—C—он
NH3+
Glutamic acid
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