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red fluorescence protein - (Nov/23/2006 )

Does a fluorescent protein looses its fluorescence when denatured?
Can we detect fluorescence of a protein by running SDS gel or native gel?

-minnee-

QUOTE (minnee @ Nov 23 2006, 11:03 PM)
Does a fluorescent protein looses its fluorescence when denatured?
Can we detect fluorescence of a protein by running SDS gel or native gel?


Q1: yes, fluorescence depends on protein conformation
Q2: never tried, but should fail in SDS; native gel may succeed after an appropriate re-activation protocol

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