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biuret

[‚bī·ya′ret]

(organic chemistry)

NH₂CONHCONH₂ Colorless needles that are soluble in hot water and decompose at 190°C; a condensation product of urea.

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The color generated in the biuret reaction (Chapter 2, page 33) is said to arise from reduction of CU(II) to Cu(I), whereas this color is generally considered to result from complexation of CU(II) by peptide nitrogens.

Proteins: Structure and Function

Although the biuret reaction has been considered in the clinical laboratory to be relatively specific for measurement of proteins and peptides, there are studies extending back to the initial discovery of the reaction that describe reactions with a variety of other compounds, such as biuret, for which the reaction is named (1), amino acids and amino acid amides (30, 31), dipeptides (32), and a variety of other compounds (33).

The kinetic biuret method on the LX-20 was run with the cerebrospinal fluid application; it measures the absorbance change at 545 run in a biuret reaction between 4.

Absorbance spectra of biuret reaction products were collected with a Cary 50 spectrophotometer (Varian) in cuvettes with a 1-cm pathlength.

The reactivity in the biuret reaction of several amino acids at equal concentrations of 2.

Cross-reactivity of amino acids and other compounds in the biuret reaction: interference with urinary peptide measurements

This assay is similar to the Lowry method in that both rely on the biuret reaction for generation of a colored complex between peptide bonds and cuprous ions when protein is placed in an alkaline environment containing [Cu.