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Denaturing Urea Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis (Urea PAGE)
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2009
Denaturing urea polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis is used to separate single-stranded DNA or RNA up to a limit of 500 nucleotides. Urea in combination with heat denatures samples and unstructured single strands migrate within the gel matrix according to their molecular weight.
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Urea Cycle
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2025
The urea cycle describes how liver cells convert ammonia to urea. Ammonia is a toxic waste product of protein catabolism. Land animals must convert ammonia into the less toxic urea which can be safely eliminated by the kidneys through urine. Marine animals excrete ammonia directly, and the surrounding water dilutes the ammonia to safe levels. There are five basic steps in the urea cycle: the conversion of ammonia (NH3) to carbamoyl phosphate the introduction of ornithine in the...
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Removal of Branched and Cyclic Compounds by Urea Adduction for Uk'37 Paleothermometry
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2023
Source: Laboratory of Jeff Salacup - University of Massachusetts Amherst As mentioned in previous videos, the product of an organic solvent extraction, a total lipid extract (TLE), is often a complex mixture of hundreds, if not thousands, of different compounds. The researcher is often only interested in a handful of compounds. In the case of our two organic paleothermometers (Uk'37 and MBT/CBT), the interest is in only 6 compounds (2 alkenones and 4 isoprenoidal glycerol dialkyl glycerol...
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Denaturing Urea Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis for RNA Analysis: A Technique to Separate Fluorescently Labeled Phosphorylated RNA Oligonucleotides from their Non-Phosphorylated Equivalents
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2025
In this video, we demonstrate a denaturing polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis for the separation of phosphorylated RNA species from their non-phosphorylated counterparts. The RNA species are fluorescently labeled for laser detection on the gel.
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Production of Disulfide-stabilized Transmembrane Peptide Complexes for Structural Studies
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2013
Biophysical and biochemical studies of interactions among membrane-embedded protein domains face many technical challenges, the first of which is obtaining appropriate study material. This article describes a protocol for producing and purifying disulfide-stabilized transmembrane peptide complexes that are suitable for structural analysis by solution nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and other analytical applications.
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Nitrogen processing follows a defined sequence through ornithine, citrulline, argininosuccinate, and arginine. These intermediates provide successive stages for handling nitrogen derived from amino acid breakdown before the pathway yields urea. The ordered progression matters because it channels potentially harmful ammonia through a controlled biochemical route rather than allowing nitrogen waste to accumulate freely in liver cells.
Ammonia is generated when amino acids are broken down, but its accumulation is toxic. Urea production provides a safer metabolic destination by incorporating ammonia into a soluble compound that can be transported and later excreted in urine. This makes ammonia handling a key protective function of the pathway and connects nitrogen disposal directly with protein metabolism.
The pathway uses carbon dioxide together with ammonia while advancing through its characteristic intermediates. Cellular energy supports these conversions, so urea formation is not a passive waste-transfer process. Energy use allows liver cells to direct nitrogen into the cycle and complete the sequence that produces a transportable waste compound, linking waste removal with the cell’s broader energy balance.
Amino acid breakdown supplies the nitrogen that enters the pathway, while the cycle itself requires cellular energy to proceed. This creates a metabolic connection between protein use, nitrogen disposal, and energy demands within liver cells. Studying that connection helps explain why changes in protein metabolism can influence nitrogen handling without treating urea formation as an isolated process.
A typical conceptual sequence begins with ammonia generated during amino acid breakdown, followed by its passage through ornithine, citrulline, argininosuccinate, and arginine. The pathway then produces urea for transport and urinary excretion. Examining these stages helps investigators relate a biochemical event in liver cells to the eventual movement of nitrogen waste through the body.
Blood urea concentrations provide a clinical indicator connected to both production and excretion. The liver is the primary site where the pathway operates, whereas the kidneys excrete the resulting urea in urine. Interpreting blood measurements therefore requires attention to both organs, since altered concentrations may reflect changes in hepatic production, renal excretion, or their interaction.
Inherited disorders can disrupt the pathway that moves nitrogen through its intermediates, making the cycle an important framework for studying abnormal nitrogen handling. Mapping the affected stages helps connect a biochemical defect with possible changes in ammonia processing and blood urea concentrations. This biological context supports investigation of how impaired urea production relates to liver function and waste management.