Sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis also known as SDS-PAGE is one of the methods for determining the molecular weight of unknown proteins. SDS is an anionic molecule which denaturizes proteins and brings it back to its’ primary structure and it also provides a negative charge to the uncharged molecule. The SDS-PAGE enables the separation of proteins based on their sizes. The larger the size of the protein, the harder it is to travel through the gel thus heavier proteins stay near the cathode side of the gel. For this experiment, a software named Gel Analyzer was used in order to obtain the molecular weight of the unknown proteins with the help of a protein ladder with known molecular weight and protein concentration. The software also generated a curve with a coefficient determination (r2) of the fit which is equal to 0.998. An equation was also generated from the software to be able to determine the molecular weight of the unknown proteins. Results obtained show that the proteins of the cellular fractions of the chicken liver …show more content…
The gel was submerged into Coomasie blue in order for the stain to bind with the proteins and was again destained afterwards to remove excess proteins. Figure 1.0 shows the results obtained from the SDS PAGE of the cellular fraction of a chicken liver after destaining. The software Gel Analyzer was used in order to determine the lanes, the bands and the molecular weight of each protein. The lanes found in the gel determine the different cellular fractions. The 1st lane found in the left most side is the protein ladder, which has known molecular weight and functions as the ‘ruler’ for the molecular weight of the unknowns. The 2nd band represents the microsome, followed by the crude then another microsome. The 5th band is the nuclei and the 6th and 7th bands are the replicates of the soluble and the nuclei
A: Isolate HHHHHHH Method: Ni-Affinity Chromatography Reason: Six histadine amino acids at the end of the protein can bind to nickel very tightly. Nickel can bind to agarose bead very tightly. Use this strong affinity column we can isolate our protein, which has seven histadine amino acids. Buffer condition: His-binding buffer: • 50 mM Tris-HCl (pH8.0) • 5 mM Imidazole • 100 mM NaCl • 0.1 mM EDTA • 1 mM PMSF made fresh His-wash buffer: • 50 mM Tris-HCl (pH8.0) • 300 mM NaCl • 15 mM Imidazole • 0.1 mM EDTA • 1 mM PMSF made fresh is-elution buffer: • 50 mM Tris-Cl (pH8.0) • 50 mM NaCl • 300 mM Imidazole • 0.1 mM EDTA • 1 mM PMSF made fresh Procedure: 1.
5.) On the controlled slide both microfilaments and microtubules are visible because it is treated with both anti-tubulin as well as anti-actin. The control is necessary because when observing just one of the antibodies you can go back and compare it and see if the structure correlate with what you
For instance, we could not conclude that mitochondrial activity is present in Supernatant II. However, our experiment showed that the boiled corn kernels did not undergo any mitochondrial activity while the raw corn kernels did. This might indicate that raising the temperature might have an effect on the function of dehydrogenase. Moreover, our found that starch granules are present in both sediment I and the “gunk”. Indeed, some parts of this experiment were not successful because the procedure was not followed
To test the presence of proteins, one must perform a biuret test. The biuret reagent changes the colors; blue meaning no protein and purple meaning there is a protein. For the presence of starches, one has to perform an iodine test. As before, the iodine changes colors; orange meaning no starch and black meaning a starch is present.
Starch solution is then placed into the test tube at a quantity of 5 mL. 5 drops of Lugol’s Iodine solution is added to the test tube. If the color changes, then it is known that starches are present in the solution. Proteins are next tested. In order to do this, 5 mL of gelatin solution is added to the test tube. 10 drops of Biuret’s reagent are added to test for protein.
The molecular basis surrounding this topic mentions its importance in research. The emphasis of the article is placed on the relative times of the respective stages and regulations undertaken. 2) This contemporary study focuses on mitosis. An important application of Cell Division,
The fourth card portrays the size of the cell increasing again and the centrioles moving towards opposite ends of the cell. On the fifth page, the centrioles have reached opposite poles and the amount of chromatin doubled. Pages 6-10 are prophase and the first prophase card shows the nucleolus fading, the
Afterwards, 10 μL of diluted cells were mixed with 10 μL of Trypan blue and put into a Neubauer chamber for counting. The last procedure before analysis is FACS staining. Here 4x105 cells are pipetted into a well of a 96-well plate for each organ and filled up to 250 μL with PBS/BSA.
A positive and negative control for each reagent (Biuret, Ninhydrin, Benedict’s, Lugol’s reagents) was produced using 5 mL of water, glucose, albumin, starch, and glycine solutions. One milliliter of Benedict’s reagent was tested on every solution and it was heated to sixty-five degrees Celsius for five minutes before we observed the color change. Moreover, one milliliter of Ninhydrin was also added to another set of solutions and they were heated to eighty degrees Celsius for five minutes. Additionally, two milliliters of the Biuret reagent and one milliliter of the Lugol’s reagent were added to the other two sets of solutions at room temperature. Similarly, each protein brand sample was treated with the above reagents using an equivalent procedure and
Specific activity is an essential measure of enzyme purity. Various batches of a pure enzyme must have the same values and even diluting an enzyme solution several times will have identical specific activity values even though there will be various enzyme activity values. This is because in calculating specific activity, the numerator (units/ ml) and denominator (mg/ ml) are affected equally. Specific activity is very difficult from activity but the calculation of specific activity is still dependent on the activity value.
To minimize the variation of sampling, the tissue specimens were taken by two of the authors (XXXXX and XXXX). The tissue samples were collected as previously described.11, 12 All tissue specimens were immediately immersed in RNAlater® solution (Qiagen, Germany) and then stored at -20 °C until RNA extraction. RNA
Western Blotting and SDS-PAGE are techniques used to identify proteins. These experiments were combined in order to find specific protein inside an antibody. The techniques are aiming to accomplish the separation of protein in a given sample through SDS-PAGE (also known as electrophoresis), and identification of different proteins in a specific organism by the use of antigens through Western Blotting (or protein immunoblot). In general, these experiments are used to localize the protein of interest by antibonding specificity and molecular mass. For this laboratory experiment in particular, students conducted the experiment properly by following the precautions and steps correctly.
Occasional cytoplasmic vacuolations were seen. Few clusters of fragments of spindle cells with moderate amount of cytoplasm and elongated nuclei were also seen. Background showed scattered hemosiderin laden
INTRODUCTION: Arginase is an enzyme- enzymes are biological catalyst which drives a reaction at the speed of life. Arginase is a hydrolase, hydrolases catalyze hydrolysis reactions, this is determined via the E.C number (Nelson and Cox 2008). Arginase has the EC number is 3.5.3.1 (Schomburg 2015). The enzyme ‘commission number’ is the arithmetical classification that is used for enzymes which indicates the chemical reaction they catalyze.
[Internet]. [Updated: 2012 Aug 10]. Houston: Rice University. [cited 2017 Feb 4]. Available from http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~bioslabs/methods/microscopy/cellcounting.html Riss, T., Moravec, R., Niles, A., Duellman, S., Benink, H., Worzella, T., Minor, L. 2013.