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Automated Hydrophobic Interaction Chromatography Column Selection for Use in Protein Purification
Published on: September 21, 2011
New method for separation and determination of denatured caseins by hydrophobic interaction chromatography
1National Council of Research-CNR-Institute of Instrumental Analytical Chemistry, Via Alfieri 1, 56010 Ghezzano, Pisa, Italy.
Abstract:
A new method for the separation of denatured alpha-, beta- and kappa- caseins by hydrophobic interaction chromatography (HIC) is proposed. The method is based on an easy solubilization of commercial and real samples by 4.0 M guanidine thiocyanate (GdmSCN) and elution on a TSK-Gel(R) Phenyl-5PW column (TosoHaas) in the presence of 8.0 M urea in the mobile phase. The procedure, applied to commercial caseins and to real, raw samples (whole milk powder and fat-free yoghurt) is not expensive, it requires common high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) instrumentation and allows the separation of caseins also in the presence of whey proteins. Quantitative results on the analysis of alpha-, beta- and kappa-caseins in real samples are also reported.
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