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A Synthetic Amphoteric Polypeptide

Nature volume 167, pages 159–160 (1951)Cite this article

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THE amphoteric ionic behaviour, one of the characteristics of proteins, has been considered to be due to the presence of the amino- and the carboxyl-groups in the side-chains of the polypeptide chain. Since the natural proteins consist of various amino-acids, and their structures are very complex, it is desirable, in order to study this particular property, to prepare an ampholyte of a simple structure containing many amino- and carboxyl-groups.

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    SHIRO AKABORI, HISAYA TANI & JUNZO NOGUCHI

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AKABORI, S., TANI, H. & NOGUCHI, J. A Synthetic Amphoteric Polypeptide. Nature 167, 159–160 (1951). https://doi.org/10.1038/167159a0

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