Ammoniacal silver staining of proteins: mechanism of glutaraldehyde enhancement |
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Authors: | A S Dion A A Pomenti |
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Affiliation: | Department of Molecular Biology, Institute for Medical Research, Copewood Street, Camden, New Jersey 08103 |
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Abstract: | When the conditions for detecting proteins by ammoniacal silver staining (B. R. Oakley, D. R. Kirsch, and N. R. Morris (1980) Anal. Biochem. 105, 361-363.) following gel electrophoresis were varied, it was noted that glutaraldehyde pretreatment was necessary for maximal staining, which could not be explained simply as the result of "fixation." Further studies indicated that glutaraldehyde enhancement of protein staining with this silver reagent was probably due to oxidation of the aldehyde groups by silver ions, resulting in metallic silver depositions within the gel which act as nucleation sites for additional metallic silver localization in the protein bands upon the addition of formaldehyde developer. This proposed mechanism is consistent with the Tollen's reaction, as well as some aspects of the photographic process. Consistent with this notion, silver-staining intensities are directly related to mole percentage lysine of various standard proteins. |
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Keywords: | proteins silver stain Tollen's reagent aldehydes Schiff base latent image SDS sodium dodecyl sulfate MuMTV murine mammary tumor virus RLV Rauscher leukemia virus DTT dithiothreitol correlation coefficient |
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