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| Author Information | |
| Primary Author | |
| Wolfgang H. Goldmann ( goldman@helix.mgh.harvard.edu ) | |
| Affiliation | |
| Mass. General Hospital , United States | |
| Co-Author(s) | |
| Protocol Information | |
| Protocol ID / PID | |
| PUB307 | |
| Category | |
| Biochemistry | |
| Title | |
| Protein purification: tropomyosin | |
| Overview | |
| TROPOMYOSIN An ubiquitous actin binding protein arranged in alpha-helical coiled-coil of 410 Angstrom length. | |
| Material | |
| Source: rabbit skeletal muscle Equipment: • hydroxylapatite column (2.5 x 25 cm) • electrophoretic gels • centrifuge Chemicals: KCl, Trizma Base, KH2PO4, DL-DTT, 2-mercaptoethanol, imidazole, (NH4)2SO4 column materials: hydroxylapatite. Have ready: extraction buffer: 10 mM Tris-HCl, 0.5 mM 2-mercaptoethanol, pH 8.0 (0.2 liter). imidazole buffer: 2 mM imidazole, 5 mM 2-mercaptoethanol, pH as made (2 liter). phosphate buffer: 1 M KCl, 1 mM KH2PO4, 2 mM DTT, pH 7.0 (5 liter). buffer G: 2 mM Tris-HCl, 0.2 mM CaCl2, 0.2 mM ATP, 0.2 mM DTT, 0.05% NaN3, pH 8.0 (15 liter) | |
| Procedure | |
| FLOW CHART 1. obtain acetone powder from rabbit skeletal muscle (10 gram) [refer to Protein purification; actin (http://iprotocol.mit.edu/protocol/299.htm)] 2. at 0oC, extract in buffer G (2X); 20 ml/gram acetone powder; filter (2X) 3. (take residue) at 25oC, resuspend in 170 ml extraction buffer for 3 h; centrifuge at 16,000 x g for 1 h 4. (take supernatant) cool to +4oC; add 20 mg (NH4)2SO4 per 100 ml; stir for 20 min, centrifuge at 16,000 x g for 30 min 5. (take supernatant) add 30 gram (NH4)2SO4 per 100 ml; stir for 20 min; centrifuge at 16,000 x g for 30 min 6. (take pellet) resuspend in 20 ml imidazole buffer; dialyze against imidazole buffer, for 12 h; centrifuge at 80,000 x g for 2 h. 7. (take supernatant) add KCl to a final concentration of 1M KCl 8. chromatograph on hydroxylapatite column 9. elute with 1 liter linear gradient of 1-200 mM KH2PO4 -->Tropomyosin | |
| Troubleshooting | |
| Reference | |
| Smillie, L.B. (1982) Methods Enzymol. 85, 234-241. Goldmann, W.H. (2000) Biochem. Biophys. Res. Comm. 276, 1225-1228. | |
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