Tricine

Chemical properties

White/clear crystalline powder

The Uses of Tricine

Good's buffers Tricine is used as an electrophoresis buffer and involved in the separation of low molecular weight proteins and peptides. It operates in the pH range between 7.4 and 8.8. It acts as an effective scavenger of hydroxyl radicals during the study of radiation-induced membrane damage. It is also used in resuspension of cell pellets.
A zwitterionic buffer useful in the pH range of 7.4-8.8. Has a pKa 8.05 at 25°C.
A zwitterionic amino acid commonly useful in the pH range of 7.4-8.8. Has a pKa 8.05 at 25°C.

What are the applications of Application

Tricine is a buffer component for separation of low molecular weight peptides

Definition

ChEBI: N-tris(hydroxymethyl)methylglycine is a Good's buffer substance, pKa = 8.15 at 20 ℃. It is functionally related to a member of tris and a glycine. It is a tautomer of a N-tris(hydroxymethyl)methylammonioacetate.

General Description

Tricine and its salts are used as biological buffers to control the pH of body fluids in vitro and in vivo. It acts as a precursor for polymers, oxazolones (with carboxylic acids), and oxazolidines (with aldehydes). Trizma can serve as an alkalizing agent in treating acidosis of the blood.

Biological Activity

Electrophoresis buffer. Working pH range: 7.4 - 8.8. Commonly used in SDS-PAGE to seperate peptides. Also used in other electrophoresis methods, high performance liquid chromatography and ion exchange chromatopgraphy.

Purification Methods

Crystallise Tricine from EtOH and water. [Good et al. Methods Enzymol 24B 53 1968, McGothlin & Jordan Analyt Lett 9 245 1976, Beilstein 18 III/IV 3454.]