Estimation of labile sulfide in iron-sulfur proteins. |
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Authors: | K Suhara S Takemori M Katagiri K Wada H Kobayashi |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Surgery Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Cleveland, Ohio 44106 USA;2. Department of Biochemistry Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Cleveland, Ohio 44106 USA |
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Abstract: | Lowry's method (1) for protein determination is subject to interference from the nonionic detergent Triton X-100 (2,3) which is used in high concentrations (1–5%) to solubilize membrane proteins or enzymes (4–6) and structural acidic proteins (7). Hartree (3) could reduce the errors caused by 0.1% Triton X-100 by a modification of Lowry's method. However, when protein solutions containing 0.2% or more of the detergent are mixed with the Folin-Ciocalteu reagent (1) a precipitate forms that interferes with the assay. We could reduce this interference to an insignificant level either by centrifuging the precipitate and incorporating Triton X-100 in both the reagent blank and standards, or by removing the detergent prior to the assay. This report presents two simple procedures for the Lowry assay of dilute protein samples containing 1–5% Triton X-100. |
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