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The actual role of phenol chloroform isoamyl alcohol in a plasmid DNA extraction is to purify the DNA. The alcohol will act in part as a detergent.
Phenol and chloroform are very hydrophobic and are used to remove non-polar bio- molecules (proteins, fragments of membranes, lipids etc) in the extraction.
phenol is used in order to remove protein impurities from the DNA to yield pure dna while chloroform prevents shearing of DNA during isolation.
It solubalize lipids and protiens to remove them from DNA
Chloroform denaturizes the proteins and facilitates the separation of the aqueous and organic phase. If needed the extraction with chloroform is performed two or three times to completely remove the impurities from aqueous layer..
The actual role of phenol chloroform isoamyl alcohol in a plasmid DNA extraction is to purify the DNA. The alcohol will act in part as a detergent.
importance of phenol
to remove excess phenol from DNA to remove excess phenol from DNA
Phenol and chloroform are very hydrophobic and are used to remove non-polar bio- molecules (proteins, fragments of membranes, lipids etc) in the extraction.
phenol is used in order to remove protein impurities from the DNA to yield pure dna while chloroform prevents shearing of DNA during isolation.
stabilization of phenol against oxidation
Phenol chloroform extraction is the oldest and still widely followed method for the isolation and extraction of DNA from plant and animal cells. The phenol, chloroform (and also isoamyl alchohol) are added in a specific ratio of 25: 24:1.Phenol: Phenol dissolves the organic impurities, like proteins etc.chloroform: Provides density to phenol so that it settles below water during phase separation.Isoamylalchohol: Used to prevent phosgene from reaction of chloroform with air.The Phenol:Chloroform:Isoamylalchohol (PCI) solution is added to the cell extract after removal removal of debris. After proper mixing, cetrifugation is done to separate the phases. Two phases are formed: The upper, the aqueous phase that contains DNA, the lower phase, that phenol phase, that contains organic impurities. Thus two phases are separated by a very clearly defined boundary of coagulated proteins.The aqueous phase is precipitated and then the DNA could be pelleted after rounds of purifications.
It solubalize lipids and protiens to remove them from DNA
No
phenol helps to remove non polar proteins and lipids from the solution
phenol helps to remove non polar proteins and lipids from the solution
You can do a tedious phenol-chloroform extraction, or do it the easy way: QIAquick PCR purification kit where you bind the DNA to a column and elute it off in water or TE. You will lose some of your DNA though so keep this in mind.