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Protein Complex Affinity Capture from Cryomilled Mammalian Cells
Published on: December 9, 2016
Affinity purification of interacting proteins from cell lysates
Abstract:
INTRODUCTIONIn this protocol, recombinant protein or a chemically synthesized bioactive fragment is immobilized on resin and used as a probe to capture interacting proteins directly from a cell extract. Affinity-purified proteins are fractionated by gel electrophoresis and visualized by Coomassie staining. Proteins that interact specifically are identified by comparing this gel profile to one obtained from cell lysates passed over a control resin lacking the immobilized probe protein. Specific bands are excised from the gel, proteolytically digested in situ, and analyzed by liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry to derive primary sequence information and consequently identify the interacting protein.
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