“Use of Biuret Reagent to Test for Proteins In Food” Cindy Zhou Introduction Protein is a series of amino acids that are connected together by peptide bond. The bond is located between the end of previous amino acid‚ which is the carboxyl group‚ and the head of next amino acid‚ which is a amino group. The Biuret reagent is a solution of copper sulfate and potassium hydroxide. When peptide bond are presented‚ the copper (II) will interact with them (MadSci Network: General Biology). It is
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Fish phylogenetic tree based on protein size Amanda Reed Lab partners: Lecia Redwine‚ Kyle Hatcher TA: Baneshwar Singh Biology 117‚ Section 25 Tuesday 10:30 AM Introduction Although tree diagrams have been used since the days of Charles Darwin‚ biologists have only recently adopted the tree model of evolution to read and interpret phylogenies. One of the reasons for this is the confusion that often arises from using a tree model to describe a phylogeny (Baum‚ 2008a). Many people interpret
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Bacterial Transformation Bacteria and plasmid to produce Red Fluorescent Proteins Alejandra Lopez
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April 22‚ 2015 Does protein help to build muscle? The latest craze is about protein and how it affects building muscles and building muscle strength. Today‚ there are many athletes that use it as a supplement. There are many protein supplements available that are claiming to help people who work out to build muscle faster. Protein is a structure within our bodies that consists of amino acids. The cells in our bodies need this to function properly. If we did not have protein‚ our body’s functions
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Separation of Proteins and Mass Analysis Using SDS PAGE Biology 00-01L Abstract This experiment consisted of separating proteins into polypeptides using a method called SDS PAGE which is a type of electrophoresis. The polypeptides had different masses‚ so each polypeptide traveled a different distance and this was an essential part of the lab which demonstrated that there exists a relationship between the distance traveled by the protein and the mass of the protein. This relationship was graphed
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Construction of a Standard Curve for the Determination of Protein Concentration 09/13/12 PCB 3023-007 Results Figure1: Standard curve. This graph was constructed from the fixed amounts of Bovine Serum Albumin (BSA). Varying amounts of BSA at a concentration of .5µ/µl were mixed with the water and 1mL of coomassie dye. The equation y=0.0259x +0.0511 represents the best fit line for a data set taken from µg of protein equals two to ten µg. Optical density (OD) was surveyed using a Mach
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Determination of Protein Content Using Kjedahl and Titration 2.0 Introduction Proteins are polymers. They are the source of dietary amino acids and are used for growth and maintenance of living systems. They are costlier sources of energy compared to carbohydrates and fats and hence the human body utilizes proteins mainly for biosynthesis rather than as an energy source‚ though the energy yield is 5 kcal/g of protein. Twenty different types of amino acids occur naturally in proteins. Proteins differ
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four food apple sauce‚ carrot juice‚ cracker juice‚ and turkey juice contain protein‚ starch‚ or sugar. Between these four foods two are positive for sugar which are apple sauce and carrot juice. Sugar is an organic molecule of carbohydrate and so is starch. The starch was positive in two of the foods which are cracker juice and carrot juice. Protein is its own organic molecule and only one food tested positive for protein and it is the turkey juice. Introduction The “Food Lab” was used to answer
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Objective: The main objective for this lab was to use the Bradford and DC Protein Assay in order to determine our concentration of E. Coli BL21(DE3) lysate. Principle of Methods: To accomplish this objective‚ each pair of lab partners received an E. Coli lysate sample which we had to thaw by warming it with our hands and centrifuge it. We extracted a total of 12 samples with known concentrations of bovine serum albumin and 10 samples of different amounts of lysate put into them. Using the different
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BIURET FOOD TEST FOR PROTEINS molecules consisting of one or more chains of amino acids.Proteins are complex molecules that react differently to many compounds but are also fragile and cannot withstand high temperatures or strong acids and bases without degrading. The Biuret Method‚ or biuret test‚ is used to detect the presence of peptide bonds. It has this name because it reacts positively to the biuret molecule’s peptide bonds. Correctly evaluating the number of peptide bonds is a step towards
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