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T0377

Tricine

≥99% (titration)

Synonym(s):

N-[Tris(hydroxymethyl)methyl]glycine

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Linear Formula:
(HOCH2)3CNHCH2CO2H
CAS Number:
5704-04-1
Molecular Weight:
179.17
UNSPSC Code:
12161700
NACRES:
NA.25
PubChem Substance ID:
24899884
EC Number:
227-193-6
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1937804
MDL number:
MFCD00004277

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Product Name

Tricine, ≥99% (titration)

InChI key

SEQKRHFRPICQDD-UHFFFAOYSA-N

InChI

1S/C6H13NO5/c8-2-6(3-9,4-10)7-1-5(11)12/h7-10H,1-4H2,(H,11,12)

SMILES string

OCC(CO)(CO)NCC(O)=O

assay

≥99% (titration)

form

crystalline powder

technique(s)

SDS-PAGE: suitable

impurities

≤5 ppm Heavy Metals (as Lead)

useful pH range

7.4-8.8

pKa (25 °C)

8.1

mp

187 °C

solubility

water: 0.25 g/mL, clear, colorless

suitability

suitable for electrophoresis

application(s)

diagnostic assay manufacturing

Quality Level

400

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Application

Buffer component for separation of low molecular weight peptides.
Tricine has been used:
  • to prevent precipitation of salts during autoclaving of Emiliania huxleyi cultures
  • as a component of buffer A for the homogenization of samples like Caenorhabditis elegans, Drosophila, and plants
  • as a component of fresh assay buffer to measure serum melatonin by radioimmunoassay

General description

Tricine is the most frequently used electrophoresis buffer. It is also useful for the resuspension of cell pellets. Tricine functions as a trailing ion and aids the resolution of small proteins at lower acrylamide concentrations than in glycine-sodium dodecyl-sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) systems. It has a lower negative charge than glycine, which helps it migrate faster. Tricine has a high ionic strength that allows increased ion movement and less protein movement. This in turn leads to the separation of low molecular weight proteins in lower percent acrylamide gels.

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 3

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

Eyeshields, Gloves, type N95 (US)

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SLCH0965
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SLCH8632
SLCH3579

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Assessing the applicability of Emiliania huxleyi coccolith morphology as a sea-surface salinity proxy
Fielding SR, et al.
Limnology and Oceanography, 54(5), 1475-1480 (2009)
Hermann Schägger
Nature protocols, 1(1), 16-22 (2007-04-05)
Tricine-SDS-PAGE is commonly used to separate proteins in the mass range 1-100 kDa. It is the preferred electrophoretic system for the resolution of proteins smaller than 30 kDa. The concentrations of acrylamide used in the gels are lower than in
Arpita Gantayet et al.
Biofouling, 29(1), 77-85 (2012-12-06)
The freshwater zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) is a notorious biofouling organism. It adheres to a variety of substrata underwater by means of a proteinaceous structure called the byssus, which consists of a number of threads with adhesive plaques at the
Christian Nilsson et al.
Electrophoresis, 31(3), 459-464 (2010-02-02)
Totally porous lipid-based liquid crystalline nanoparticles were used as pseudostationary phase for capillary electroseparation with LIF detection of proteins at physiological conditions using unmodified cyclic olefin copolymer capillaries (Topas, 6.7 cm effective length). In the absence of nanoparticles, i.e. in
Thierry Rabilloud
Journal of proteomics, 73(8), 1562-1572 (2010-04-17)
Electrophoretic separations of proteins are widely used in proteomic analyses, and rely heavily on SDS electrophoresis. This mode of separation is almost exclusively used when a single dimension separation is performed, and generally represents the second dimension of two-dimensional separations.
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