Answer to Question #240474 in Biochemistry for Shiva

Question

Recall that the average molecular weight cut off of the dialysis tubing is 14,000 amu. Are protein larger or smaller than 14,000 amu? How about sugars? Explain.

Answer 1

The average molecular mass of protein is greater than 10,000 .

Here given 14000 but actually average molecular mass of protein is less than 14000 and higher than 10,000 .

The average mass of sugar is 342.3 g/mol

Which very less than 14,000

Sugar has molecular formula

C12H22O11