Electrophoresis of proteins and protein-protein complexes in a native agarose gel
Electrophoresis of proteins and protein-protein complexes in a native agarose gel
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DOI:
10.1006/abio.2000.4598
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发表时间:
2000-06-15
影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
Kim, SH
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作者:
Kim, R;Yokota, H;Kim, SH
Materials and methods. Agarose (low electroendosmosis) was purchased from Research Organics (Cleveland, OH). The following proteins were purified in our laboratory: single-chain monellin (SCM)(3), Methanococcus jannaschii small heat shock protein (Mj HSP16. 5)(4) and Mj0577 protein (5), glutathione S-transferase, and Pyrococcus horikoshii 1704 (Ph1704). Bovine serum albumin was purchased from Sigma (St. Louis, MO). The M. jannaschii cell extract was prepared as described by Zarembinski et al.(5). Native agarose electrophoresis was carried out using a submerged horizontal Gibco BRL Horizon 58 unit. The horizontal 0.8% agarose gel (8 cm 5.5 cm 3 mm) was prepared in Buffer A (25 mM Tris–HCl, pH 8.5, 19.2 mM glycine) and the comb placed in the center of the gel. The gel was submerged in a reservoir containing Buffer A and electrophoresis was performed at a constant voltage of 50 V for 1 h at room temperature. The samples (5 μg) were mixed 1: 1 with sample buffer (20% glycerol, 0.2% Bromophenol blue, 0.12 M Tris base) prior to loading. Gels were stained in 0.12% Coomassie brilliant blue R, 45% methanol, 10% acetic acid for 20 min and destained in 45% methanol, 10% acetic acid and dried between two layers of cellophane membrane (Idea Scientific, Minneapolis, MN). To isolate the components of a protein: protein complex, two identical samples were loaded on adjacent lanes. The position of the complex was determined by staining one of the two lanes containing the complex and using this information; the unstained gel fragment was cut out with a razor blade and placed into a gel nebulizer that was inserted into a Micropure-0.22 unit (Millipore Corp., Bedford, MA)(2). These two units were centrifuged at 12,000 g, allowing the gel to go through the orifice of the nebulizer thus converting the gel to a fine slurry. The gel particles were then captured by the Micropure-0.22 and the soluble biomolecules were extruded and passed through the Micro-