Constituent
Name
Frozen solution of ZnCys4 peptide
Family
molecular solid
Class
hydrogen bonded molecular solid
Compound type
molecular solid solution
Constituent abundance in material
Relevance
main - major
Arrangement
single phase
Mass fraction
1.0
Chemical composition
Isotope mixture type
terrestrial abundance
  Formula Name Family Number min-max Mole fraction Mass fraction State Relevance Comments
$H_2O$ Water molecule solvent main Deionized water
$HOC_2H_4(C_4N_2H_8)_{cycl}C_2H_4SO_2OH$ HEPES molecule 0.1 mol/l solute main
$Na^+.Cl^-$ Sodium chloride molecule 0.05 mol/l solute main PH 7 buffer
$Zn^{2+}$ Zinc(II) cation element 0.009 mol/l solute main Added as 9mM of Zn(NO3)2
$HSCH_2CH(NH_2)COOH$ Cysteine molecule 0.55 mol/l solute main Added as 10mM of ProTyrLysCys4ProGluCys7GlyLysSerPheSerGlnLysSerAspLeuValLysXaa20GlnArgThrYaa24ThrGly with Xaa = Yaa = Cys
Chemical functions
  Function Number Relevance
$R-OH$ 2 main
$R-S-H$ 1 main
$R-NH_2$ 1 main
$R-C(=O)-OH$ 1 main
Chemical bonds
  Bond Number Relevance
$-O-H$ 2 main
$-O-H$ 2 main
$\geq C-H$ 16 main
$\geq C-N<$ 6 main
$\geq C-C \leq$ 4 main
$\geq C-O-$ 1 main
$\geq C-S \ll$ 1 main
$-\gg S-O-$ 1 main
$\geqq S=O$ 2 main
$Na^+ \cdot Cl^-$ 1 main
$\geq C-H$ 3 main
$-O-H$ 1 main
$>N-H$ 2 main
$-S-H$ 1 main
$\geq C-S-$ 1 main
$\geq C-C \leq$ 1 main
$\eqslantgtr C-C\leq$ 1 main
$\geq C-N<$ 1 main
$>C=O$ 1 main
$\eqslantgtr C-O-$ 1 main
Phase type
amorphous
Texture
amorphous