Glycine
Catalog Number: 100570, 194049, 194681, 194825, 808822, 808831
Molecular Biology Reagent
Purity: 99+%
Ideal for all molecular biology applications and buffer preparations.
Synonyms: Aminoacetic acid; Glycolixir; Hampshire Glycine
Structure:
Molecular Formula:C2H5NO2
Molecular Weight:75.07
CAS #:56-40-6
Synonyms:Aminoacetic acid; Gly; Aminoethanoic acid; Glycocoll; G
Solubility:Soluble in water (250 mg/ml @ 25°C; 672 mg/ml @ 100°C); slightly soluble in alcohol and ethanol(95%); almost insoluble in ether.1
Description:A non-essential amino acid. Only amino acid with no asymmetric carbon.1Major inhibitory neurotransmitter.1Commonly used as a component in Tris-glycine and Tris-glycine-SDS running buffers for polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis6,7,8, a component of Towbin's transfer buffer for Western blots10, a buffer substance in cryoenzymology5, in osmotic pressure maintenance in isoelectric focusing of erythrocytes9, salting-in effect in protein chemistry3, and as a buffer component in the coupled phosphatase-kinase reaction for end labelling of restriction fragments.4The growth requirements of various microorganisms is reported in the Handbook of Microbiology.2
Availability:
Catalog Number
Description
Size
100570
Glycine
500 g
1 kg
5 kg
25 kg
194681
Glycine, cell culture reagent
100 g
500 g
1 kg
5 kg
194825
Glycine, molecular biology reagent
100 g
500 g
1 kg
5 kg
194049
Glycine, ACS Reagent Grade, purity not less than 98.5%
50 g
250 g
1 kg
808822
808831
Glycine, electrophoresis grade, purity approximately 99.5%
1 kg
5 kg
References:
Merck Index,12th Ed., No. 4500.
CRC Handbook of Microbiology, Laskin, A.I. and Lechevalier, H.A. (eds.), v. 4, 1, CRC Press: Cleveland, OH (1974).
Arakawa, T. and Timasheff, S.N.,Meths. Enzymol.,v. 114, 49 (1985).
Cobianchi, F. and Wilson, S.H.,Meths. Enzymol.,v. 152, 101 (1987).
Hames, B.D. and Rickwood, D.,Gel Electrophoresis of Proteins: A Practical Approach, 2nd ed., IRL Press: New York, New York, p. 32-35 (1990).
Jagus, R.,Meths. Enzymol.,v. 152, 296 (1987).
Laemmli, U.K., "Cleavage of structural proteins during the assembly of the head of bacteriophage T4."Nature,v. 227, 680-685 (1970).
McGuire, J.K., et al.,J. Chromatogr.,v. 194, 323 (1980).
Towbin, H., et al., "Electrophoretic transfer of proteins from polyacrylamide gels to nitrocellulose sheets: procedure and some applications."Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA,v. 76, 4350-4354 (1979).