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Protein Expression and Purification Series - Bio-Rad

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CHAPTER 7<br />

BIOLOGIC LP SYSTEM<br />

PROTOCOL<br />

<strong>Protein</strong> <strong>Expression</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Purification</strong> <strong>Series</strong><br />

Removing Imidazole (Desalting) from the Purified GST-DHFR-<br />

His <strong>and</strong> Preparing Samples for SDS-PAGE Analysis<br />

Student Workstations<br />

Each student team requires the following items to desalt three of their fractions in which they think their<br />

GST-DHFR-His samples reside, <strong>and</strong> to prepare SDS-PAGE samples:<br />

Material Needed for Each Workstation Quantity<br />

Chromatogram from GST-DHFR-His purification 1<br />

Fractions from GST-DHFR-His purification varies<br />

Desalting column 3<br />

Screwcap microcentrifuge tubes, 1.5 ml 6<br />

Laemmli buffer (left over from previous activity) 1 ml<br />

Microcentrifuge tubes, 2 ml 6–12<br />

20–200 µl adjustable-volume micropipet <strong>and</strong> tips 1<br />

Marking pen 1<br />

Common Workstation Quantity<br />

Microcentrifuge with variable speed setting >16,000 x g 1<br />

Dry bath or water bath set at 95°C 1<br />

At this point, there might be several fractions that contain the eluted GST-DHFR-His protein. It is important<br />

to determine which fractions the purified GST-DHFR-His is present in <strong>and</strong> which fraction(s) have the highest<br />

concentration of GST-DHFR-His. It might be assumed that the fractions marked by the LP DataView<br />

software on the chromatogram where the peak eluted are the specific fraction tubes where the protein<br />

can be found. However, there is a time delay from when the absorbance of the fraction is measured on<br />

the UV detector to when it flows through the tubing past the conductivity meter <strong>and</strong> out into the fraction<br />

collector. This is called a delay time (or volume). For example, in Figures 7.14 <strong>and</strong> 7.15, according to the<br />

chromatogram, the protein should have eluted in fractions 10–11. However, again, this would be assuming<br />

that there is no delay between when the protein is detected in the UV detector <strong>and</strong> when it drops into a<br />

fraction collector tube.<br />

Figure 7.14 Example chromatogram of a run.<br />

Figure 7.15. Magnified region where the GST-DHFR-His eluted.<br />

The delay time (volume) can<br />

be calculated by measuring<br />

the length of tubing present<br />

between the detector <strong>and</strong><br />

the fraction collector as well<br />

as knowing the volume of<br />

all fittings in between the<br />

UV monitor <strong>and</strong> the fraction<br />

collector. It can also be<br />

measured experimentally<br />

152 Chapter 7: <strong>Purification</strong> Protocol for <strong>Bio</strong>Logic LP System

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