Hello! I performed an SDS-PAGE with 500 ng of Spike protein (under denaturing conditions) using a 10% gel. In the Spike lane, I observed a band at approximately 180 kDa and another at 120 kDa only.

However, when performing immunoblotting using an anti-RBD monoclonal antibody, I visualized a band of 180 kDa and another of approximately 80 kDa, but the 120 kDa band did not appear. The 80 kDa band didn't appear in SDS-PAGE previously.

I would like to know:

1. Does the 120 kDa band refer to the S1 subunit?

2. What could explain the disappearance of the 120 kDa band in the immunoblotting?

3. Could the 80 kDa band be a specific fragment of Spike recognized by anti-RBD? Could it be the S2 subunit?

4. Any suggestions?

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