General description
Acrylamide acts as a quencher of tryptophan fluorescence. Acrylamide alkylates SH groups of cysteine and ε-NH2 lysine residues of proteins during electrophoresis. Bis-acrylamide is required for crosslinking and acrylamide is vital for the polymerization of monomers. Acrylamide along with bis-acrylamide crosslinks to form polyacrylamide gels, which is used to separate protein and other biomolecules.
Acrylamide (AA) is a neurotoxin and carcinogen. Potato products like, French fries, potato chips and also several cereal-based products contains acrylamide. This highly reactive organic compound has the ability to polymerize to form polyacrylamide.
Application
Acrylamide has been used:
- for the synthesis of hydrogels
- for the preparation of polyacrylamide gel
- to agglomerate vimentin and keratin intermediate filament network
Acrylamide has been used:
- to agglomerate the vimentin and keratin intermediate filament network of K562cells
- in the preparation and characterization of soft culture substrate
- in hydrogel synthesis
- for determination of protein by sodium dodecyl sulphate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) electrophoresis
- UPC:
- 41105319
- Condition:
- New
- Weight:
- 1.00 Ounces
- HazmatClass:
- No
- WeightUOM:
- LB
- MPN:
- A8887-1KG