The Protein Maker is an automated purification system developed by Emerald BioSystems for high-throughput parallel purification of proteins and antibodies. This instrument allows multiple load, wash and elution buffers to be used in parallel along independent lines for up to 24 individual samples. To demonstrate its utility, its use in the purification of five recombinant PB2 C-terminal domains...

Complexity and heterogeneity of soil samples have often implied the inclusion of purification steps in conventional DNA extraction for polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays. Unfortunately the purification steps are also time and labor intensive. Therefore the necessity of DNA purification was re-visited and investigated for a variety of environmental soil samples that contained various amounts...

Experimental bioinformatics data obtained from an E. coli cell-based eukaryotic protein purification experiment were analyzed in order to identify any bottleneck as well as the factors affecting the target purification. All targets were expressed as His-tagged maltose-binding protein (MBP) fusion constructs and were initially purified by immobilized metal affinity chromatography (IMAC). The tar...

Most biological processes are governed by multiprotein complexes rather than individual proteins. Identification of protein complexes therefore is becoming increasingly important to gain a molecular understanding of cells and organisms. Mass spectrometry-based proteomics combined with affinity-tag-based protein purification is one of the most effective strategies to isolate and identify protein...

Describing, in words, the details of protein purification to a relative novice in the field is not unlike explaining on paper the steps required to turn a set of colored oils into a beautiful pastoral scene on sheet of stretched canvas. Playing the oboe in a sophisticated metropolitan orchestra or performing a solo aria in a Gilbert & Sullivan operetta are accepted artistic endeavors that comma...

We have developed a rapid and sensitive thin film assay for in-process monitoring of target protein purification. This novel biosensor method provides rapid (5-min) visual evaluation of column purification fractions. The method can be used to monitor the efficiency of purification and potential loss of protein if the column binding capacity is exceeded. The eluted fractions containing the highe...

For purification of peptides, it is often difficult to use methods similar to those applied in the purification of other organic compounds, mainly due to their complexity. Purification of organic molecules often uses methods based on crystallization to isolate the desired molecule. As efficiency and high yields are of vital importance for optimal economy of any industrial manufacturing process,...

Single-step fusion-based affinity purification of proteins with pH-controllable linkers was carried out in a fluidic device. The linkers were previously derived from self-splicing protein elements called inteins. Two different linkers were generated to solve two distinct separation problems: one for rapid single-step affinity purification of a wide range of proteins, and the other specifically ...

this study aimed to develop techniques for purification of cyanotoxins dissolved in water -particularly those produced by microcystis aeruginosa species - using natural clay, chemically modifiednatural clay, commercial clay and ion exchange and adsorbent resins. except for natural clay, chemical pretreatment was required to increase the adsorption capacity of the treatment materials. all the cl...

the enzyme pgalactosidase from a mutant strain of a. niger uv-5 was partially purified using ammonium sulfate and acetone. the saturation range of 60-80% ammonium sulfate was found to yield 60.5% enzyme recovery with 2.4 fold purification. acetone precipitation at enzyme: acetone ratio of 1 : 1.5 brought about a higher yield i.e. 68% and three-fold purification. the combined procedures of 1.5 v...