Sodium dodecyl sulfate activity

The curve shown in Fig. 6 for sodium dodecyl sulfate is characteristic of ionic surfactants, which present a discontinuous and sharp increase of solubility at a particular temperature [80]. This temperature is known as the Krafft temperature. The Krafft temperature is defined by ISO as the temperature [in practice, a narrow range of temperatures] at which the solubility of ionic surface active agents rises sharply. At this temperature the solubility becomes equal to the critical micelle concentration (cmc). The curve of solubility vs. temperature intersects with the curve of the CMC vs. temperature at the Krafft temperature. 

Sodium dodecyl sulfate is the universal analytical standard for the determination of anionic and cationic active matter. It is used to determine the analytical concentration factor of the cationic surfactant in the titration of anionic active matter and as titrant to determine the cationic active matter. 

Sodium dodecyl sulfate was separated from sodium dodecylbenzenesulfonate and sodium dodecanesulfonate by TLC on activated silica gel G. The spots were located by charring at 250°C for 15 min [281,282]. 

The catalytic activities of Cu(II), Co(II) and Mn(II) are considerably enhanced by sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) in the autoxidation of H2DTBC (51). The maximum catalytic activity was found in the CMC region. It was assumed that the micelles incorporate the catalysts and the short metal-metal distances increase the activity in accordance with the kinetic model discussed above. The concentration of the micelles increases at higher SDS concentrations. Thus, the concentrations of the catalyst and the substrate decrease in the micellar region and, as a consequence, the catalytic reaction becomes slower again. 

Dong M, Baggetto LG, Folson P, LeMaire M, Penin F. Complete removal and exchange of sodium dodecyl sulfate bound to soluble and membrane proteins and restoration of their activities, using ceramic hydroxyapatite chromatography. Anal Biochem 1997 247 333-341. 

Bromberg, Y., Pick, E. (1985). Activation of NADPH-dependent superoxide production in a cell-free system by sodium dodecyl sulfate. J. Biol. Chem. 60, 13539-45. 

Aharoni, I., Pick, E. (1990). Activation of the superoxide-generating NADPH oxidase of macrophages by sodium dodecyl sulfate in a soluble cell-free system Evidence for involvement of a G protein. J. Leuk. Biol. 48,107-15. 

Figure 6.5. Immunoblot of the urease large subunit. Extracts of H. pylori wild type (WT) and a hypA mutant from cells grown without nickel supplementation were subjected to sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) and identified by blotting with an anti-urease large-subunit antiserum. Urease activity was 58pmolmin mg for the wild type and Opmolmin" mg for the hypA mutant.

Clostridium sticklandii also expresses a proline reductase that can reduc-tively cleave proline to 8-aminovalerate (Seto and Stadtman 1976). PR was first purified by Seto and Stadtman (1976) by following the decomposition of proUne in the presence of dithiothreitol or NADH. They found PR to have a denatured mass of approximately 30kDa (sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylomide gel electrophoresis SDS-PAGE) and a native size of approximately 300 kDa. The addition of selenite to the growth medium of C sticklandii did increase the specific activity of PR in extracts by threefold however, no selenium was detected in the purified enzyme. It should be noted that this purified enzyme had lost the ability to couple reduction of proline to NADH and thus probably was missing one or more components of the complete enzyme complex. 

High temperatures can break native S-S bonds and form new S-S bonds which can lock the protein into a denatured eonfiguration [89]. Low pH, sodium dodecyl sulfate. Tween 80, chaotropie salts, and exogenous proteins have been used to protect proteins from thermal inaetivation [90]. Ethylene glycol at 30-50% was used to protect the antiviral activity of P-interferon preparations [91]. Human serum albumin was used in recombinant human interferon-Psei-n which resulted in increased thermal stability [62]. Water-soluble polysaeeharides sueh as dextrans and amylose [92], as well as point-specific (site-directed) mutagenesis [93] have also been used to increase thermal stability of therapeutie proteins and peptides. 

The application of the activity of the surfactant has been examined also for the surface tension and adsorption of disodlum alkyl phosphate(6,7), sodium dodecyl sulfate(37), alkyl trimethylammonium bromide(35 ), and sodium perfluorooctanoate(13) solutions. These studies show that the surface tension and theadsorption amount are controlled by the activity of surfactant, irrespective of the added electrolyte concentration. 

The instrument used in the turbidity measurement was Hatch Model 2100 A Turbidimeter. A Hotech Shaker Bath, Model 901 (Hotech Instruments Corp.) was used in mixing the oil and surfactant solution. The nonionic surfactants, Newcol 1102, 1103 and 1105 were produced by Sino-Japan Chemical Co., Ltd. The active ingredient is dodecanol ethoxylate. Sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS, No. L. 5750, Sigma Chemical Co. 95% active, containing 65% Cj 2>... 

FORMATION. Aqueous solutions of highly surface-active substances spontaneously tend to reduce interfacial energy of solute-solvent interactions by forming micelles. The critical micelle concentration (or, c.m.c.) is the threshold surfactant concentration, above which micelle formation (also known as micellization) is highly favorable. For sodium dodecyl sulfate, the c.m.c. is 5.6 mM at 0.01 M NaCl or about 3.1 mM at 0.03 M NaCl. The lower c.m.c. observed at higher salt concentration results from a reduction in repulsive forces among the ionic head groups on the surface of micelles made up of ionic surfactants. As would be expected for any entropy-driven process, micelle formation is less favorable as the temperature is lowered. 

At their critical micelle concentrations, surface active agents (such as sodium dodecyl sulfate, Triton X-100, lysolecithin, and bile salts) self-associate into spherical or rod-shaped structures. Because dilution to below the c.m.c. results in rapid disassembly or dissolution of these detergent micelles, micelles are in dynamic equilibrium with other dissolved detergent molecules in the bulk solution. 

Fig. 3.6 Viscosities of cement pastes containing varying concentrations of surface active agents in the absence of entrained air (Bruere). 1 = sodium dodecyl sulfate 2 = sodium abietate 3 = petroleum sulfonate 4 = phenol ethoxylate.

Octadecyldimethylamine oxide (CieDAO) was a commercial sample from Onyx Chemical Company, Jersey City, N. J. (25% active). After evaporating the solvent in a rotary evaporator under reduced pressure, the crude product was recrystallised several times from ethyl acetate. The final product was dried and stored in vacuo over P2O5. Sodium octadecyl sulfate (SODS) was a sample prepared in this laboratory previously, and was recrystallised from ethanol before use. Sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) was obtained from Aldrich Chemical Company, and was of 98% purity. It was further purified by repeated crystallisation from ethanol followed by ether extraction. Benzene and methanol were gold-label reagent grade, purchased from Aldrich Chemical Company (Metuchen, N. J.). 

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