Purified Detergents

CHAPS
(Cholamidopropyldimethyla mmoniolpropanesulfonate)

M.W. 614.88

Features/Benefits:
- Combine all the advantages of polar, sulfobetaine-containing detergents and hydrophobic, bile salt, anionic detergents into a single molecule... with superior membrane protein solubilization properties
- Non-denaturing
- Able to disrupt nonspecific protein interactions
- Less protein aggregation than nonionic detergents
- Electrically neutral
- Easily removed by dialysis