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What Is the Net Charge on the Dipeptide Arg-Pro at PH

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What is the net charge on the dipeptide Arg-Pro at pH 9.0? The table below gives the pKa?s of the ionizable groups on the free amino acids.  Free amino acid  pKa of α-Carboxyl group  pKa of α-amino group p Ka of side  chain  Arginine 1.89.012.5 Proline 2.010.6\begin{array}{|l|c|c|c|}\hline \text { Free amino acid } & \begin{array}{c}\text { pKa of } \\\alpha \text {-Carboxyl group }\end{array} & \begin{array}{c}\text { pKa of } \\\alpha \text {-amino group }\end{array} & \begin{array}{c}p \text { Ka of side } \\\text { chain }\end{array} \\\hline \text { Arginine } & 1.8 & 9.0 & 12.5 \\\hline \text { Proline } & 2.0 & 10.6 & \cdots \\\hline\end{array}


A) -1
B) -0.5
C) 0
D) +0.5
E) +1

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