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224 Drakenberg<br />

Fig. 3. (A) 43 Ca NMR spectra of (A) bovine a-lactalbumin at pH 7.0; (B) human<br />

α-lactalbumin at pH 7.0; (C) equine lysozyme at pH 6.0; (D) pigeon lysozyme at pH 6.8.<br />

(B) Elucidation of dissociation constants (K D) for the above for proteins using the<br />

pH dependence of the affinity of EDTA for Ca 2+ . ( .... ) Equine lysozyme, K D = 1 × 10 6 M;<br />

(– –) pigeon lysozyme, K D = 1 × 10 –7 M; (– . . –) bovine and human α-lactalbumin,<br />

K D = 5 × 10 –8 M. Reproduced with permission from ref. 6.<br />

However, when the calcium affinity is known the effect from the calcium binding<br />

can be taken into account to obtain a “true” pK a-value by using Eq. 6.<br />

∆ν 1/2 obsd = ∆ν1/2*K[E]/(1 + K[E]) (6)

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