Which of the following salt is the most commonly used reagent for salting out proteins because its high solubility (3.9M in water at 0 deg * C ) permits the achievement of solutions with high ionic strengths (up to 23.4 in water at 0 deg * C ?
(1) Ammonium sulfate ( (N*H_{4}) 2 SO 4 )
(2) Sodium chloride (NaCl)
(3) Magnesium sulfate (MgSO4)
(4) Potassium chloride (KCI)
