Topic: Ninhydrin Reaction with Amino Acids
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What group in amino acids or proteins in general is responsible f...
I've read in some books and sites that it reacts with free amines to produce blue-purple color and yellow in proline. Read More »
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How the reaction occurs by the addition of Ninhydrine reagent in ...
Turns purple in the presence of ammonia or alpha amino acids in proteins. Reaction explained diagrammatically in the Wiki article. Source(s): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninhydrin Read More »
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What grouping in amino acids/ proteins is responsible for ninhydr...
Ninhydrin reacts with α amino groups of amino acids and peptides, as well as with the ε-amino groups of lysine. For the mechanism see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninhydrin Regards Read More »
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Ninhydrin is also used in amino acid analysis of proteins: Most of the amino acids are hydrolyzed and reacted with ninhydrin except proline; Also, certain amino ... More »
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Amino acids that are primary amines give a blue colour after the ninhydrin reaction. Proline is a secondary amine, and they give a yellow colour. Source(s): Forensics practicals Read More »
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It would be the amine group. In fact, ninhydrin will react with other amines, not necessarily those in proteins or amino acids. Source(s): Ph.D. Biochemistry/Neuroscience Read More »
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Proline will. I ran a thin layer chromatography last week and that was my result. Read More »
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THERE WILL BE A BOYCOTT ON WIKIANSWERS FOR A MONTH. PLEASE DO NOT VISIT! Read More »
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*This isn’t my thing so I don’t understand it but it is on this page.* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninhydrin Read More »
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it reacts with primary amino groups, which are present at the end of all pepitdes at the N-terminus. Read More »
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