Abstract
When protons are exchanging for bivalent cations (Cu2+, Zn2+, or Ca2+) on the carboxylic groups of Nitella flexilis cell wall, the values of the respective global equilibrium constants do not change up to a protonation degree of 80%. These values drastically increase at higher proton concentrations and tend to ≃3.4, which is the intrinsic pK value of the constitutive α-d-galacturonic acid monomer. These data suggest that the electric field in the matricial polymer and the cation bridges between pairs of negative sites have disappeared.
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