Improved polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis with different amino acids as the trailing constituent |
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Authors: | Anna M Parkinson Allan R Dorn Phillip B Maples Robert H Broyles |
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Institution: | Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma, Health Sciences Center, P.O. Box 26901, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73190, USA |
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Abstract: | Using a polyacrylamide disc gel electrophoretic system similar to that described by J. T. Clarke (1964, Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci.121, 428–436), we have achieved an improved separation of hemoglobins from Rana catesbeiana tadpoles by substituting one of several amino acids in the place of glycine in the electrode chamber buffer. The relative migrations (Rf) and degree of separation of these similar hemoglobins are proportional to the pK′ of the α-amino group of the amino acid used in the buffer. Specifically, for these proteins, log (Rf × 100) was found to be directly proportional to the pK′2 of the amino acid divided by the volume conductivity (specific conductance) of the electrode chamber buffer. For example, improved separation of these hemoglobins in short electrophoretic times can be achieved, at low cost, by using dl-alanine instead of glycine in the buffer. Improved separation of other proteins which migrate at basic pH might be achieved by a similar approach. |
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Keywords: | BPB bromphenol blue Hb hemoglobin |
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