All of the Following Are True About a Partition Coefficient

question 34

Multiple Choice

All of the following are true about a partition coefficient except

• A)it is the ratio of solubility in an organic solvent to solubility in water.
• B)it can be used to predict the probability that an amino acid is part of a transmembrane region of a protein.
• C)it is high for a molecule that readily crosses membranes by simple diffusion.
• D)it is the concentration at which the rate of transport is half maximal.
• E)it depends on the polarity of the molecule.

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Definitions:

Continuous Variables

Variables that can take an infinite number of values within a given range.

Product-moment

A statistical measure of the linear correlation between two variables, often expressed as Pearson's correlation coefficient.

Scatterplot

A type of graph used in statistics to display values for two variables for a set of data, showing the relationship between them.

R(xy)

A statistical measure representing the strength and direction of a linear relationship between two variables.