Those are ions that are both postive and negative, but are there any in the body?
2006-09-10 08:20:48 · 5 answers · asked by Lissa 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Yes like the others said, amino acids are examples, with the nitrogen of the amine protonated and positive, the acid group with lost hydrogen, negative, so its like an intermolecular proton transfer.
BTW: Zwitter means hermaprodite, not two. Zwei is two.
2006-09-10 08:29:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. The best-known examples of zwitterions are the free amino acids found in cells
2006-09-10 08:25:54 · answer #2 · answered by movedtoMA 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Proteins are complex molecules, and there are a lot of those in the body. I wonder if any of them are zwitterions?
It's been so long since I've heard that word. Nice to hear it again.
2006-09-10 08:23:12 · answer #3 · answered by mollyneville 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes!! amino acids (which are the building blocks for proteins) are zwitterions ;)
and by the way, zwitter is german for two :p
thnx for the correction ;)
2006-09-10 08:22:35 · answer #4 · answered by ChEkNa . 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes free amino acids in cells r.......
2006-09-10 08:43:35 · answer #5 · answered by faisal b 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋