Determination of sulfhydryl groups and disulfide bonds in a protein by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis |
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Authors: | N Takahashi M Hirose |
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Affiliation: | Research Institute for Food Science, Kyoto University, Japan. |
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Abstract: | A general method by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis for the determination of sulfhydryls and disulfides in a protein was developed. The method included a two-step alkylation procedure: the first step consisted of alkylation of the sulfhydryl groups with iodoacetic acid in the presence and absence of 8 M urea; the second step consisted of alkylation of the disulfide groups with iodoacetamide after reduction with a thiol. By high-pH urea gel electrophoresis, all the half-cystine residues in a protein could be categorized into three states: reactive sulfhydryls, nonreactive sulfhydryls, and disulfide bonded. The particular advantage of the method is that the states of half-cystines in different protein species can be analyzed independently both in isolated protein and in biological translation systems. |
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