U1250

Urea

ReagentPlus^®, ≥99.5%, pellets

• Synonym(s): Carbamide, Carbonyldiamide
• Linear Formula: NH₂CONH₂
• CAS Number: 57-13-6
• Molecular Weight: 60.06
• Beilstein: 635724
• EC Number: 200-315-5
• MDL number: MFCD00008022
• PubChem Substance ID: 57654718
• NACRES: NA.21

Properties

• Quality Level: 300
• product line: ReagentPlus^®
• Assay: ≥99.5%
• form: pellets
• mp: 132-135 °C (lit.)
• solubility: H₂O: 8 M
• density: 1.335 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)
• SMILES string: NC(N)=O
• InChI: 1S/CH4N2O/c2-1(3)4/h(H4,2,3,4)
• InChI key: XSQUKJJJFZCRTK-UHFFFAOYSA-N
• Gene Information: human ... CA1(759) , CA2(760) ; rat ... Ppm1a(24666)

Description

General description

Urea is a chaotropic agent and is used for protein denaturation. It disturbs the hydrogen bonds in the secondary, tertiary and quaternary structure of proteins. Urea can also disturb hydrogen bonds present in DNA secondary structure.

Application

Urea has been used as a protein denaturing agent.

Used for the denaturation of proteins and as a mild solubilization agent for insoluble or denatured proteins. Useful for renaturing proteins from samples already denatured with 6 M guanidine chloride such as inclusion bodies. May be used with guanidine hydrochloride and dithiothreitrol (DTT) in the refolding of denatured proteins into their native or active form.

Legal Information

ReagentPlus is a registered trademark of Sigma-Aldrich Co. LLC

Safety Information

• Storage Class Code: 11 - Combustible Solids
• WGK: WGK 1
• Flash Point(F): Not applicable
• Flash Point(C): Not applicable
• Personal Protective Equipment: dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves