Using protein charge ladders to estimate the effective charges and molecular weights of proteins in solution.
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This paper describes the use of capillary electrophoresis (CE) and protein charge ladders to estimate values of effective charge (Z) and molecular weight of proteins under nondenaturing conditions. A panel of 14 proteins with a range of charges and shapes was modified by acetylation with acetic anhydride to yield protein charge ladders. A protein charge ladder is a family of derivatives of a protein that differ in integral units of charge, but minimally in hydrodynamic drag; this mixture of proteins appears in electrophoresis as a set of peaks with regular spacings. Analysis of the electrophoretic mobilities of the members of these charge ladders yields values of Z and electrophoretic coefficients: for a description of mobility based on the equation mu = CPZ(MW)-alpha, CP = 6.3 cm2 min-1 kV-1 charge-1 kD0.48, alpha = 0.48; for mu = C(r)Z[r(1 + kappa r)]-1, C(r) = 55 cm2 min-1 kV-1 charge-1 A (r is the spherical radius of the protein and kappa is a function of ionic strength). The primary usefulness of charge ladders is in measuring the effective charge, Z, of proteins in solution; this information is difficult to obtain by any other procedure. A secondary value of the method is to estimate values of molecular weight. Although less general and convenient than SDS-PAGE, this method allows estimates of molecular weight of nondenatured proteins and is thus applicable to oligomers, noncovalent aggregates, proteins with multiple, non-cross-linked chains, and other systems to which SDS-PAGE is not applicable. The values of molecular weight calculated using the electrophoretic mobilities of proteins in solution and the above constants agreed with literature values to within 20% (with an ambiguous result for ovalbumin). A combination of this technique and SDS-PAGE will be useful in estimating the number of subunits or stage of aggregation of proteins in solution.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Analytical chemistry
دوره 69 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1997