General description

Chicken Egg White Lysozyme Solution is a ready-to-use, stabilized solution of lysozyme. The enzyme catalyses the hydrolysis of N-acetylmuramide linkages in bacterial cell walls. The solution can be used for the purification of both DNA and protein. We recommend Chicken Egg White Lysozyme Solution for Gram-positive bacterial lysis. The solution is supplied as 10 mg/ml lysozyme in 25 mM sodium acetate with 50% glycerol, pH 4.5 (≥250 KU/ml). The product is stable at -20°C.

Legal Information

NOVAGEN is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

Packaging

10 ml in Plastic ampoule

Physical form

10 mg/ml lysozyme in 25 mM sodium acetate pH 4.5 with 50% glycerol.

Unit Definition

One unit of Chicken Egg White Lysozyme is defined as the amount of enzyme that causes a decrease of 0.001 A₄₅₀ unit per minute at 25°C, pH 6.2, using a suspension of Micrococcus lysodeikticus as the substrate.

Warning

Toxicity: Standard Handling (A)