ʻO CHAPS (3-[(3-cholamidopropyl)dimethylammonio]-1-propanesulfonate) he mea holoi maʻamau i hoʻohana ʻia i ka biochemistry a me ka biology molecular.ʻO ia ka mea holoi holoi zwitterionic, ʻo ia hoʻi, he pūʻulu hoʻopiʻi maikaʻi a maikaʻi ʻole.
ʻIke ʻia ʻo CHAPS no kona hiki ke hoʻoheheʻe a hoʻopaʻa i nā protein membrane, e hoʻohana pono ai ia no nā noi like ʻole e like me ka ʻoki ʻana i ka protein, ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe, a me ke ʻano.Hoʻopilikia ia i nā pilina lipid-protein, e ʻae ana i nā protein membrane e unuhi ʻia i ko lākou ʻāina hānau.
ʻAʻole like me nā mea holoi ʻē aʻe, ʻano maʻalahi ʻo CHAPS a ʻaʻole ia e hoʻopau i ka hapa nui o nā protein, e lilo ia i koho maikaʻi loa no ka mālama ʻana i ke ʻano a me ka hana o ka protein i ka wā o nā hoʻokolohua.Hiki ke kōkua i ka pale ʻana i ka hōʻiliʻili protein.
Hoʻohana mau ʻia ka CHAPS i nā ʻenehana e like me SDS-PAGE (sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis), isoelectric focusing, a me Western blotting.Hoʻohana pinepine ʻia ia i nā haʻawina e pili ana i nā enzyme i hoʻopaʻa ʻia me ka membrane, ka transduction hōʻailona, a me nā pilina protein-lipid.