How can I use AKTA protein purifier and UNICORN software ?

For my research, I must use AKTA protein purifier and UNICORN software but I don't understand them. How do you use them? Can you help me ? Do you have a method or a protocol ? Thanks in advance....

02 March 2014 2,098 4 View

What is the function of the His87-Lys55 binding in wild-type mitoNEET ?

In the paper "Mutation of the His ligand in mitoNEET stabilizes the 2Fe-2S cluster despite conformational heterogeneity in the ligand environment" by Conlan Andrea R (2011) published in Acta...

01 February 2014 7,754 1 View

Where are the mutated genes in C41(DE3) and C43(DE3) strains of E.coli ?

C41(DE3) and C43(DE3) strains derived of BL21(DE3) strain E.coli. I am searching for where the mutated genes are in C41 and C43 strains and also the function of these genes in the wild type BL21...

31 December 2013 6,819 3 View

Why does two different bioinformatics tools for the same proteins show different subcellular localizations?

During a computational analysis, I found that for a protein of a plant, two different subcellular localizations are seen using CELLO and WoLF PSORT. For example, in CELLO, it identified the...

01 March 2021 6,729 2 View

Precipitate after adding laemmli buffer to protein solution containing Potassium Acetate?

Hi, I am running a size exclusion chromatography experiment with a buffer containing Potassium Acetate as a salt. I analyse these fractions through SDS-PAGE. After boiling my SEC fractions in...

01 March 2021 2,622 3 View

Can a Golgi-stained dendritic spines picture processed by Image J be directly used for publication?

24 February 2021 3,348 2 View

Can two EC50 values with different hill slopes be compared?

Hello, I fit a classical dose response curve Y=Bottom + (Top-Bottom)/(1+10^((LogEC-X)*HillSlope)) to my data (not related to inhibitors etc). The model I use is purely qualitative but it fits...

23 February 2021 8,155 5 View

Will SARS-CoV-2 Spike be broken into S1 and S2 by denaturing conditions?

Hello, I am performing a western blot of my SARS-CoV-2 Spike-pseudotyped lentiviral particles. I denature my virus by adding concentrated virus to 2X Laemmli buffer at 1:1, then boiling for...

17 February 2021 4,844 4 View

What is the best temperature to coat an ELISA plate?

Hello, I want to control the temperature of my ELISA plate during incubations to get consistent results. In general, what is the best temperature to coat the plate with antibody? I have been...

16 February 2021 2,377 7 View

Is there a way to tell based on appearance which protein crystal should diffract the best?

I have had unheard of success with protein crystallography lately from a super successful protein expression and purification batch. I have attained a lately reproducible vast amount of crystals...

09 February 2021 5,155 5 View

How to measure the concentration of a labeled protein with no tryptophan or tyrosines?

Hey I'm trying to measure the concentration of a protein I've purified and then labeled with Atto 647 flourescent dye. The protein has no tryptophans or tyrosines (although does have...

04 February 2021 4,482 4 View

How to solve error "Cannot find position restraint file restraint.gro (option -r)." on GROMACS?

Hi, I am about to do energy minimization but the above error occurred, I checked my .mdp file and .top file but could not find the problem. TOP file ; Include forcefield parameters #include...

01 February 2021 780 3 View

How to analyze dendritic spines from tissue (Prelimbic cortex)?

Hi there, I am trying to measure dendritic spines from mouse fixed tissue, specifically, I am looking at the prefrontal cortex. I injected the PrL with a lentivirus to knock-down my protein of...

27 January 2021 9,251 2 View