Glycine, MP Biomedicals™

Catalog No.	Quantity
MP219404992	3 kg
ICN19404950	50 g
ICN19404983	250 g
ICN19404991	1 kg

Catalog No. MP219404992 Supplier MP Biomedicals, Inc Supplier No. 0219404992

Description

Glycine, ACS Reagent Grade, White Crystalline Powder

• It is widely used as a buffer for a variety of immunological applications.
• It is also used as an eluent in column chromatography.
• It has been reported for use in the enzymatic determination of lactate using lactic dehydrogenase.
• Commonly used as a component in Tris-glycine and Tris-glycine-SDS running buffers for polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, a component of Towbin's transfer buffer for Western blots , a buffer substance in cryoenzymology, in osmotic pressure maintenance in isoelectric focusing of erythrocytes, salting-in effect in protein chemistry, and as a buffer component in the coupled phosphatase-kinase reaction for end labelling of restriction fragments.
• Glycine is a non-essential amino acid. Only amino acid with no asymmetric carbon.
• It is a major inhibitory neurotransmitter.

Specifications

Chemical Identifiers

• CAS: 56-40-6
• Molecular Formula: C2H5NO2
• Molecular Weight (g/mol): 75.07
• MDL Number: MFCD00008131
• InChI Key: DHMQDGOQFOQNFH-UHFFFAOYSA-N
• IUPAC Name: 2-aminoacetic acid
• SMILES: NCC(O)=O

• Melting Point: 240°C (decomposition)(literature)
• Color: White
• Synonym: Aminoacetic acid, Glycolixir, Hampshireglycine, Aminoethanoic acid
• Solubility Information: Soluble in water (250mg/mL at 25°C; 672mg/mL at 100°C); slightly soluble in alcohol and ethanol(95%); almost insoluble in ether.
• Density: 1.16 g/mL (Lit.)
• Quantity: 3 kg
• Grade: ACS Reagent
• Physical Form: Crystalline Powder

Safety and Handling

RTECSNumber	MB7600000
storageNote1	Store at Room Temperature (15-30°C).