English: Denaturation of a protein (bottom-left) by sodium dodecyl sulphate (top-left). Detergent molecules coat the unfolded protein chain (right), which adopts a rod-like shape as a consequence of electrostatic repulsion.
Negative charges contributed by SDS dominate the total charge of the aggregate and are used at the driving force in SDS gel electrophoresis.
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