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Electrophoretic Separation of Proteins
Published on: June 12, 2008
Electromigration for separations of protein complexes
A Tulp1, D Verwoerd, J Neefjes
1Department of Tumor Biology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam.
Abstract:
This paper describes electromigration of complexes, consisting of two or more proteins and non-covalently associated peptides. Relatively small complexes (Mr < 1000000) can be resolved in sieving matrices. Large complexes are separated in free liquid systems. Examples of separation are given using native gels, denaturing gels and special formats thereof: blue native PAGE and gels incorporating a transversal temperature gradient. Both preparative and analytical applications are discussed as well as separations leading to mechanistic models of protein interaction. Carrier-free electrophoresis is represented by capillary zone electrophoresis, free-flow electrophoresis and density gradient electrophoresis. Emphasis is put on the free liquid separation of clathrin-coated vesicles and proteasomes.
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