Lab exam 1 Flashcards
parts of micropipette
plunger, volume adjustment, volume readout, tip attachment, tip eject button
sizes of micropipette
p20 –> 2-20uL ; yellow tip
p200 –> 20-200uL ; yellow tip
p1000 – 200-1000uL ; blue tip
uses of micropipette
volume transfer
loading samples
C1V1=C2V2
stock concentration (volume of solution needed to prepare 1mL) = final concentration (final volume)
dilution factor equation
volume transferred/total volume
spectrometry
measurement of how much a chemical substance absorbs or transmits light
spectrophotometer
measures amount of photons (intensity of light) absorbed or transmitted after passing through sample solution
absorbance
measure of how much light was obstructed from reaching detector compared to how much was emitted through exit slit of spectrometer
bradford reagent
acified solution
bradford protein assay
time-tested colorimetric assay; changes color from red to blue; easily detected by spectrometer; concentration of protein can be measured; higher intensity of blue when higher protein concentration; 595nm absorbance max
R^2
regression coefficient; quality of standard curve; should be between 0.98-1.00
concentration equation
absorbance/slope
absorbance equation
slope times concentration plus the y-intercept absorbance value
protein concentration equation
mass of protein/total volume
enzymes
proteins that act as biological catalysts by accelerating chemical reactions
substrates
molecules upon which enzymes act on to convert into different molecules called products
enzyme-substrate complex
when enzymes and substrate bind together’ lowers activation energy of reaction and promotes rapid progression
denaturing
an enzyme loses 3-D structure, rendering it unable to bind to its substrate and catalyze product formation; main causes is change in pH and temperature
B-Galactosidase
an enzyme produced by E.coli that catalyzes the hydrolysis of the disaccharide lactose to the monosaccharides galactose and glucose; lactose is natural substrate for B-gal
O-Nitrophenyl-B-Galactosidase (ONPG)
used to measure enzyme activity of B-gal; cleaved by B-gal to form galactose and ortho-nitrophenol
colors of ONPG, galactose, and Ortho-nitrophenol
colors of ONPG and galactose are colorless; ortho-nitrophenol is bright yellow with absorption of 420nm