Have I to consider the oligomeric status of my protein before calculating its molarity?

Hi, I deal with synthetases which are dimeric. SHould I consider their dimeric mol wt before calculating their molarity or should I go with the usual SDS PAGE mol wt which is monomeric in Kilodaltons

11 December 2018 3,287 0 View

Hello < I am trying to standardize IFA with Plasmodium falciparum parasitized RBCs . Can you help in that?

And am using 1:400 dilution for my protein's antibody. With overnight 4 deg binding. Should I make it 1 hour at RT. I increased tween in PBS from 0.01 to 0.05 % . I got some less background. But...

09 October 2017 1,251 0 View

Can you give me a protocol for GST assay?

I am doing it with the sigma GST assay kit. My blank buffer consisting of PBS, GSH and cDNB is also giving an absorbance. So can you just give me a detailed description in case am making a mistake.

07 August 2017 8,894 2 View

How to get rid of chaperone at around 63 kD during recombinant protein expression in C43 competent cells?

I was inducing with 0.8 mM IPTG and kept 16-18 hrs post induction at 25 degree..am trying to reduce the temp and check the expression ; also lowering the salt and increasing imidazole...

06 July 2017 8,807 2 View

Does HIC help to get rid of chaperones?

06 July 2017 8,799 5 View

Ester cleavage conditions?

Hi all, I need to cleave the ester in Ethyl 2-amino-1H-imidazole-5-carboxylate to make the carboxylic acid and retrieve the product from solution to use in downstream applications of linking to...

01 March 2021 8,766 3 View

Why might my GFP tag be dissociating from my plasmid after transfection?

I have a set of stably transfected cell lines all transfected with plasmids containing GFP tags on the C terminus. During a western blot using anti-GFP antibody, one of my plasmids has dissociated...

01 March 2021 9,310 4 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

What is the most suitable server for predicting protein structures in bacteria?

I have used the i-Tasser several times, however it has been unavailable for several days. I tried the swiss-model, but the output was not very pleasant due to the model used. Is there any other...

28 February 2021 4,521 3 View

Do you need the CMV enhancer before the CMV promotor for a proper function of CMV on the gene that follows?

I'm a student and I have to produce a cell line with a knockin for the NRF2 gene with GFP. I have to put a promotor in front of the GFP because the gene will be too far away from the promotor of...

28 February 2021 7,127 2 View

Are protein samples in SDS compatible with ELISA?

I have used an AllPrep DNA/RNA/Protein Mini Kit QIAGEN kit to extract RNA and protein from my samples. At the end of the protein purification, I resuspend my protein in 5% SDS. Will these samples...

28 February 2021 7,370 3 View

How can I represent SDS-PAGE results for machine learning analysis?

I am trying to classify and analyze the results of an SDS-PAGE based array for bacterial detection using machine learning, but I have trouble finding the best way to represent the results with...

27 February 2021 9,176 3 View

Why my agarose gel staining sometimes looks not homogenic but like gradient (see the figure)?

I am worried about this overexposure of the upper part of the gel in the picture. Is it possible that this is the result of too much concentration of ethidium bromide? Why is there such a big...

25 February 2021 8,140 3 View

How to replicate the well conditions of a crystal hit with 20%(w/v) isopropanol?

I had a crystal hit in a well with 0.1M HEPEs pH 7.5, 10%(w/v) PEG 4000, and 20%(w/v) isopropanol. Why is isopropanol in w/v here if it's just solvent? How do I recreate this well condition?

25 February 2021 9,761 1 View

EMSA troubleshooting. Protein-DNA complex not migrating, cold probe lane with multiple bands. Can anyone help?

I'm running an EMSA to show the DNA binding activity of recombinant proteins versus the Wild type. Previous assays run by my research group using a different test system show the protein-DNA...

24 February 2021 8,325 1 View