Ampholytes
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Ampholytes are substances that behave as both acids and bases. They have the properties of neutral molecules with a free electron pair on an anion or an electronegative atom. A proton dissociates as well as binds (a proton does not exist as a separate particle). Ampholytes, for example: water, hydrogen anions (H2PO4−, HCO3−), conversion of amino acids into proteins (acid with –COOH and base with –NH2) bound in one molecule.[1]
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- ↑ MATOUŠ, Bohuslav, et al. Základy lékařské chemie a biochemie. 1. vydání. Praha : Galén, 2010. 540 s. ISBN 978-80-7262-702-8.
