In these experiments phytic acids ability to network proteins was investigated. Phytic acid was only able to network the lysozyme and not myoglobin or HSA. These results can be explained by taking into account the pI of lysozyme, myoglobin and HSA which are 11.35, 6.8/ 7.4 and 4.7 respectively. At pH 7.0, lysozyme will have a positive charge, myoglobin will be neutrally charged and HSA will have a negative charge. Due the majority of the accessible basic surface residues of lysozyme being charged it means that phytic acid could interact with these electrostatically, linking protein molecules together. Due to myoglobin and HSA being neutrally and negatively charged respectively, it is most likely that there are
In these experiments phytic acids ability to network proteins was investigated. Phytic acid was only able to network the lysozyme and not myoglobin or HSA. These results can be explained by taking into account the pI of lysozyme, myoglobin and HSA which are 11.35, 6.8/ 7.4 and 4.7 respectively. At pH 7.0, lysozyme will have a positive charge, myoglobin will be neutrally charged and HSA will have a negative charge. Due the majority of the accessible basic surface residues of lysozyme being charged it means that phytic acid could interact with these electrostatically, linking protein molecules together. Due to myoglobin and HSA being neutrally and negatively charged respectively, it is most likely that there are
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