What do you know about the Tris buffer?

 Tris buffer is a widely used buffer in biochemical research. It is a weak base. It is usually used in the "neutral" range. Tris-HCl buffer: pH=7.5-8.5; Tris-phosphate Buffer: pH = 5.0~9.0. Tris buffer plays the role of pH stabilizer in the process of algae culture to realize the stability of pH during algae culture. This article will introduce the related knowledge of Tris buffer.

The advantages of Tris-HCl buffer
Alkaline is strong, it can be used to configure pH buffer from acid to base;
It has little interference with biochemical processes and does not precipitate with calcium, magnesium ions and heavy metal ions.

Shortcomings of Tris-HCl buffer
pH is greatly affected by concentration, diluted 10 times, The change of pH is greater than 0.1
Large temperature effect, such as pH=8.4 at 4°C and pH=7.4 at 37°C
Easy to absorb carbon dioxide in the air.
Some interference with some pH electrodes, electrode compatible with Tris solution should be used if necessary
In addition to Tris-HCl, tris also has a variety of derivatization buffers:
TBS=Tris-HCl+ NaCl+KCl, commonly used for washing immunostained tissues or Western blotting membranes in Western Blotting;
TBST=Tris-HCl+NaCl+tween20, a membrane buffer commonly used in Western Blotting;
TE=Tris-HCl+EDTA, which is protective against DNA bases and is often used for DNA stabilization and storage;
TAE=Tris base+acetic acid+EDTA, which is a buffer system widely used in short-segment DNA electrophoresis;
TBE=Trisbase+boric acid+EDTA is suitable for long-term DNA electrophoresis and has better separation effect on smaller fragments.

Preparation of various pH values of Tris buffer

Effect of temperature on pH value of 50mmol/L Tris-HCl solution

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