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What is glycine buffer for?

NH2CH2CO2HAmino acids are zwitter-ions, meaning they can have charges on both the amino & carboxylic groups, and yet have no net charge. Confused? wait! The amino group, -NH2 can become -NH3+, while the carboxylic group -COOH becomes -COO-. This is the zwitter ion. This is the form that predominates at ambient conditions. When in acidic media, the -COO- group grabs a proton, becoms -COOH and gets rid of the H+. The amino acid now has a net positive charge, (fully protonated, two protons at both acid & amino ends), so we call it the protonated form. In basic media, the -NH3+ group donates a proton to the medium (with extra OH-), to form H2O, thus getting rid of extra OH-. The amino acid now bears a net negative charge, so we call it anionic form. This is known as pseudo-buffer action. You should also be aware that although amino acids show this behaviour, it is limited and amino acids themselves are not classified as buffers


Contribution of muslim scientists in the field of biology?

Muslim scientists discovered the sexual difference between plants such as palms and hemps. These scientists classified plants as to their method of propagation and catalogued medical drugs. The advances made in botany led to greater developments in agriculture and horticulture.


Why would DNA fingerprinting be good to use in solving a crime?

You can do this by viewing a polymerase chain reaction. The PCR is used to amplify DNA fragments and then are drawn through a gel using an electrical field which seperates the frangments into bands of differing lengths. That process is called electrophoresis. The bands can be visualized with dyes and compared to the DNA evidence left at the crime scene.