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U1250

Urea

≥99.5%, pellets, ReagentPlus®

Synonym(s):

Carbamide, Carbonyldiamide

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Linear Formula:
NH2CONH2
CAS Number:
57-13-6
Molecular Weight:
60.06
NACRES:
NA.21
PubChem Substance ID:
57654718
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
EC Number:
200-315-5
MDL number:
MFCD00008022
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
635724

Product Name

Urea, ReagentPlus®, ≥99.5%, pellets

InChI

1S/CH4N2O/c2-1(3)4/h(H4,2,3,4)

SMILES string

NC(N)=O

InChI key

XSQUKJJJFZCRTK-UHFFFAOYSA-N

product line

ReagentPlus®

assay

≥99.5%

form

pellets

mp

132-135 °C (lit.)

solubility

H2O: 8 M

density

1.335 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

functional group

amine

Quality Level

300

Gene Information

human ... CA1(759), CA2(760)
rat ... Ppm1a(24666)

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Application

Urea has been used as a protein denaturing agent.
Used for the denaturation of proteins and as a mild solubilization agent for insoluble or denatured proteins. Useful for renaturing proteins from samples already denatured with 6 M guanidine chloride such as inclusion bodies. May be used with guanidine hydrochloride and dithiothreitrol (DTT) in the refolding of denatured proteins into their native or active form.

General description

Urea is a chaotropic agent and is used for protein denaturation. It disturbs the hydrogen bonds in the secondary, tertiary and quaternary structure of proteins. Urea can also disturb hydrogen bonds present in DNA secondary structure.

Legal Information

ReagentPlus is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

Eyeshields, Gloves, type N95 (US)

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Physical Biochemistry: Principles and Applications (2013)
Protein carbonyl determination by a rhodamine B hydrazide-based fluorometric assay.
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Redox Biology, 17, 236-245 (2018)
Protein and cell wall polysaccharide carbonyl determination by a neutral pH 2, 4-dinitrophenylhydrazine-based photometric assay.
Georgiou C D, et al.
Redox Biology, 17, 128-142 (2018)
Christos D Georgiou et al.
Redox biology, 17, 128-142 (2018-04-24)
A new 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine (DNPH)-based photometric assay is developed for the quantification of carbonyls in protein samples from any biological source by protein carbonyl-DNPH hydrazone formation at acidic pH in the presence of denaturing urea, and subsequent hydrazone solubilization in the
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