CHAPS (3--[(3-cholamidopropyl)dimethylammonio] -1-propanesulfonate) ndi chotsukira chomwe chimagwiritsidwa ntchito kwambiri mu biochemistry ndi molecular biology.Ndi zwitterionic detergent, kutanthauza kuti ili ndi gulu labwino komanso loyipa.
CHAPS imadziwika kuti imatha kusungunula ndikukhazikika kwa mapuloteni a membrane, ndikupangitsa kuti ikhale yothandiza pazinthu zosiyanasiyana monga kuchotsa mapuloteni, kuyeretsa, komanso mawonekedwe.Zimasokoneza kuyanjana kwa lipid-mapuloteni, kulola kuti mapuloteni a nembanemba atulutsidwe m'mayiko awo.
Mosiyana ndi zotsukira zina, CHAPS ndi yofatsa kwambiri ndipo sichitengera mapuloteni ambiri, zomwe zimapangitsa kukhala chisankho chabwino kwambiri chosunga mapuloteni komanso magwiridwe antchito panthawi yoyesera.Zingathandizenso kupewa kuphatikizika kwa mapuloteni.
CHAPS imagwiritsidwa ntchito kwambiri munjira ngati SDS-PAGE (sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis), isoelectric focusing, ndi Western blotting.Amagwiritsidwanso ntchito pafupipafupi m'maphunziro okhudzana ndi ma enzymes omangidwa ndi membrane, kutulutsa ma sign, komanso kuyanjana kwa protein-lipid.