In the process of revising for BCH2011, you fell asleep (understandable) but upon awakening you realised you dreamt of the titration of an amino acid side chain (understandable). The details of the dream are murky, but you recall it looking something like this:
What is the pKa of the side chain and which amino acid were you dreaming of?

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In the process of revising for BCH2011, you fell asleep (understandable) but upon awakening you realised you dreamt of the titration of an amino acid side chain (understandable). The details of the dream are murky, but you recall it looking something like this:  
 What is the  pKa  of the side chain and  which amino acid  were you dreaming of?

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pKa of 11 and the amino acid was that bulky aromatic, phenylalanine

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pKa of 10.5 and the amino acid was aspartate

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pKa of 13, durrr. -OH, the amino acid was serine.

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pKa of 7 and it was definitely that carboxylicious side-chain favourite, glutamate

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pKa of 1, and for sure it was glycine, with its lonely hydrogen atom of a side chain

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pKa of 10.5 and I'm positive the amino acid was lysine!

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pKa of 7 and I insist it was Cys! I will di-sulphide if this isn't the answer...

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