SDS-Page Please help - (Jun/01/2011 )
Hi,
I expressed a protein in E coli with a his tag. I was thinking about using an Ni Nta spin column which yields about 300 ug of protein. How does one check see how much protein is being expressed by the E coli? And how much protein should be added to a well on the SDS-page gel?
-silvepa23-
silvepa23 on Wed Jun 1 05:13:13 2011 said:
Hi,
I expressed a protein in E coli with a his tag. I was thinking about using an Ni Nta spin column which yields about 300 ug of protein. How does one check see how much protein is being expressed by the E coli? And how much protein should be added to a well on the SDS-page gel?
Hola, in a conventional PAGE of 8x10cm and 1.5mm thickness of 10 wells you could load about 50 ul in volume and 15-20ug of protein from a lysate. After run and stain you could calculate the proportion of your band respect the total protein of the well.More accurate is loading next to your lysate known amounts of a protein with similar mol. weight from 0.2to 2 ug. and compare and estimate how much protein you have in your extract. About amounts 10-20ug/well for extracts and 0.5-1-2ug for pure proteins. Buena suerte
-protolder-