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Consider the following ionic equilibrium
Given $p K_{a 1} = 2.3 and p K_{a 2} = 9.7$

Then what is the isoelectric point of alanine?

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$P I = \frac{p K a_{1} + p K a_{2}}{2} = \frac{2.3 + 9.7}{2} = 6$

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