What is the predominant form of the following amino acids at pH= 1? What is the overall charge on the amino acid at this pH? methionine

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What is the predominant form of the following amino acids at pH
= 1? What is the overall charge on the amino acid at this pH?

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Amino acids are organic compounds containing -NH2  and -COOH groups. In neutral pH, the amino acid stays in a zwitter ionic form with no net charge. However, in acidic form, the amino acids get protonated and exist with an overall positive charge while in basic form, the amino acids get deprotonated and exist with an overall negative charge.

The pH at which an amino acid stays in its neutral zwitter ionic form is termed as its Isoelectric point (pI).

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