What is the role of APS in sds page & can it be substituted by any another reagent?
Ammonium Persulfate (APS) is an oxidizing agent that is used with TEMED to catalyze the polymerization of acrylamide and bisacrylamide. Usually when the APS can not be used, Riboflavin is suitable as a photopolymerization reagent in PAGE, but there are some variations in the protocol.
Ammonium Persulfate (APS) is an oxidizing agent that is used with TEMED to catalyze the polymerization of acrylamide and bisacrylamide. Usually when the APS can not be used, Riboflavin is suitable as a photopolymerization reagent in PAGE, but there are some variations in the protocol.
APS is an oxidizing agent which spontaneously decomposes to form free radicals and is used with TEMED to catalyze the Polymerization of acrylamide and bisacrylamide monomers.
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yes i too agree with these answers....but i don't know if there is any other chemical which can be used as substitute for this...
APS or ammonium persulfate is the one which causes polymerization of the Acrylamide and bisacrylamide when acted upon by the TEMED (TetraMethylEthyleneDiamine) and the polymerization is based on a free radical mechanism. TEMED reacts with the APS splitting the APS into the sulfate free radical which then initiates the polymerization of the Acrylamide and Bisacrylamide.
can i ask something out of scope? is the reaction of APS and TEMED also applicable to production of hydrogel using biopolymers? Because, we can see in most literature that the combo of APS and TEMED specifically for the polymerization of acryl amide and acrylic acid, both being synthetic polymers. some research made use of APS but without TEMED on the grafting of synthetic polymers aforementioned onto pectin backbone (pectin is long chained polysachharide from the peeling of citrus and apple pomaces, used as food thickener). so is it possible for APS and TEMED to react on mere biopolymers, with no addition of any monomers of synthetic origin. thanks if anyone can help me on this
APS is a oxidising agent that provides free radicals along with Tetraethylmethrylenediamine fo polymerizing acrylamide
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