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How does one calculate protein concentration using formula?
Posted August 13, 2020

Answer

The best formula for calculating protein concentration is the Beer-Lambert law, also known as the Beer’s law. This expression is:

A = εlc

Where

  • A = absorbance
  • ε = molar absorptivity or molar extinction coefficient which is a measure of probability of electronic transition
  • l = path length
  • c = concentration of the protein

References:

Grimsley GR, Pace CN. Spectrophotometric determination of protein concentration. Curr Protoc Protein Sci. 2004;Chapter 3:. doi:10.1002/0471140864.ps0301s33