Biochemistry 4th Edition by Christopher Mathews,Kensal van Holde, Dean Appling, Spencer Anthony Cahill

Exercise 16

Refer to Table 4.1 for the pK a values for ionization of the four ribonucleoside 5 -monophosphates. Select a pH value at which each of the four nucleotides has a different net charge on the molecule, and predict the direction and relative rate of migration of each nucleotide in an cleclrophoretic field.