Glycine is used as a component of Tris-glycine and Tris-glycine-SDS running buffers for polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Glycine is also a component of Towbin?s transfer buffer for Western blots. Inhibitory neurotransmitter in spinal cord, allosteric regulator of NMDA receptors.
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Applications
Glycine is used as a component of Tris-glycine and Tris-glycine-SDS running buffers for polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Glycine is also a component of Towbin′s transfer buffer for Western blots. Inhibitory neurotransmitter in spinal cord, allosteric regulator of NMDA receptors.
Solubility
Freely soluble in water
Notes
Keep container tightly closed. Store in cool, dry conditions in well sealed containers.
RUO – Research Use Only
Tapio Haaparanta.; Jouni Uitto.; Erkki Ruoslahti.; Eva Engvall. A determination of submicromolar concentrations of glycine in periaqueductal gray matter microdialyzates using capillary zone electrophoresis with contactless conductivity detection. Electrophoresis. 2009, 30, (19), 3436-3441.