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Amino acid charge in different ph

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I have my MCAT this saturday and I am having a brain fart moment. A big one to be honest :(

So for Amino Acids, I believe pka of COOH portion is around 2 and pka of -NH2 portion is around 9. For acidic condition the charge of a aliphatic amino acid (ie valine, leucine or even phenylalanine) is - and then when the environment is neutral (ph=7), the charge is zero and when the environment is basic the charge is +.

Now my question is what's the environment pH range for having the aliphatic...

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