Journal
ELECTROPHORESIS
Volume 31, Issue 8, Pages 1318-1321Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/elps.200900657
Keywords
Giant proteins; Gradient gel; PAGE; Tris-acetate
Funding
- European Union, Spain [EFU-2008-02084/BMC]
- ISCIII [RETIC RD06/0020]
- Generalitat de Catalunya [2009SGR1059]
- Juan de la Cierva program
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To separate and analyze giant and small proteins in the same electrophoresis gel, we have used a 3-15% polyacrylamide gradient gel containing 2.6% of the crosslinker bisacrylamide and 0.2 M of Tris-acetate buffer (pH 7.0). Samples were prepared in a sample buffer containing lithium dodecyl sulphate and were run in the gel described above using Tris-Tricine-SDS-sodium bisulfite buffer, pH 8.2, as electrophoresis buffer. Here, we show that this system can be successfully used for general applications of SDS-PAGE such as CBB staining and immunoblot. Thus, by using Tris-acetate 3-15% polyacrylamide gels, it is possible to simultaneously analyze proteins, in the mass range of 10-500 kDa, such as HERC1 (532 kDa), HERC2 (528 kDa), mTOR (289 kDa), Clathrin heavy chain (192 kDa), RSK (90 kDa), S6K (70 kDa), beta-actin (42 kDa), Ran (24 kDa) and LC3 (18 kDa). This system is highly sensitive since it allows detection from as low as 10 mu g of total protein per lane. Moreover, it has a good resolution, low cost, high reproducibility and allows for analysis of proteins in a wide range of weights within a short period of time. All these features together with the use of a standard electrophoresis apparatus make the Tris-acetate-PAGE system a very helpful tool for protein analysis.
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