Using the data in the table below, calculate the average molar mass of an amino acid residue in each of the proteins in the table (excluding cytochrome c, myoglobin, and hemoglobin). Next, calculate the average molar mass considering all proteins (excluding cytochrome c, myoglobin and hemoglobin).

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Using the data in the table below, calculate the average molar mass of an amino acid residue in each of the proteins in the table (excluding cytochrome c, myoglobin, and hemoglobin). Next, calculate the average molar mass considering all proteins (excluding cytochrome c, myoglobin and hemoglobin).

 

table 5-2
Molecular Data on Some Proteins
Molecular
weight
Number of
residues
Number of
polypeptide
chains
Cytochrome c (human)
Ribonuclease A (bovine pancreas)
Lysozyme (egg white)
Myoglobin (equine heart)
Chymotrypsin (bovine pancreas)
Chymotrypsinogen (bovine)
Hemoglobin (human)
Serum albumin (human)
13,000
104
1
13,700
124
1
13,930
129
1
16,890
153
1
21,600
241
22,000
245
1
64,500
574
4
68,500
609
972
1
Hexokinase (yeast)
102,000
2
RNA polymerase (E. coli)
Apolipoprotein B (human)
450,000
4,158
513,000
4,536
1
Glutamine synthetase (E. coli)
619,000
5,628
12
Titin (human)
2,993,000
26,926
1
Transcribed Image Text:table 5-2 Molecular Data on Some Proteins Molecular weight Number of residues Number of polypeptide chains Cytochrome c (human) Ribonuclease A (bovine pancreas) Lysozyme (egg white) Myoglobin (equine heart) Chymotrypsin (bovine pancreas) Chymotrypsinogen (bovine) Hemoglobin (human) Serum albumin (human) 13,000 104 1 13,700 124 1 13,930 129 1 16,890 153 1 21,600 241 22,000 245 1 64,500 574 4 68,500 609 972 1 Hexokinase (yeast) 102,000 2 RNA polymerase (E. coli) Apolipoprotein B (human) 450,000 4,158 513,000 4,536 1 Glutamine synthetase (E. coli) 619,000 5,628 12 Titin (human) 2,993,000 26,926 1
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