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Chapter 3<br />

When the number of smaller and larger proteins was compared, smaller proteins were three<br />

times higher than larger proteins on the 2-D gels. This revealed that S. cerevisiae cell<br />

proteome have a higher proportion of smaller proteins than larger proteins.<br />

Figure 30: Represents the normalized values of the larger proteins (Mr > 50) in each fraction as<br />

a function of the different ligands. The larger proteins revealed a significant correlation with<br />

the respective salt concentrations where the fractions were collected.<br />

3.3.2.3. The influence of protein isoelectric point on the chromatographic behavior<br />

The effect of mobile phase pH and isoelectric point of the proteins are the parameters least<br />

studied in HIC. At the start of HIC method, it was reported that there is no obvious<br />

relationship between retention and isoelectric point of individual proteins (68). However, in<br />

the follow up studies some clear pH effects were observed, where basic proteins has shown<br />

longer retention when the mobile phase pH was close to their pI and acidic proteins exhibited<br />

less retention with basic pH values. In other words, the protein retention was increased at<br />

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