Related Experiment Video
Updated: Sep 16, 2026

Electrophoretic Separation of Proteins
Published on: June 12, 2008
Electrophoretic mobilities of the complexes between sodium dodecyl sulfate and various peptides or proteins
M R Karim1, S Shinagawa, T Takagi
1Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University, Japan.
Abstract:
Electrophoretic mobilities of various proteins or peptides complexed with sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) were determined by free solution capillary electrophoresis. The complexes formed between SDS and protein polypeptide showed electrophoretic mobilities virtually insensitive to the protein molecular weight. On the other hand, scattered and larger negative electrophoretic mobilities were observed for peptides of molecular weights less than 10000. Mobility differences as small as 0.3-3% among the three differently modified derivatives of bovine serum albumin could also be successfully determined due to the high resolving power of capillary electrophoresis.
Related Concept Videos
SDS-PAGE
A variation of gel electrophoresis, termed polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE), is commonly used for separating proteins according to their molecular size by passing them through a polyacrylamide gel. Because of the varying charges associated with amino acid side chains, PAGE can be used to separate intact proteins...
Two-dimensional Gel Electrophoresis
The first dimension separation uses the isoelectric focusing or IEF technique performed on immobilized pH gradient (IPG) strips that separate proteins according to their isoelectric points.
Biological samples, such as cells...
Size-Exclusion Chromatography
Silica particles offer advantages such as rigidity,...
Electrophoresis: Overview
There...
Capillary Electrophoresis: Instrumentation
Capillary Electrophoresis: Applications
Capillary zone electrophoresis (CZE) separates ionic components based on their electrophoretic mobility. It has been used to separate proteins, amino acids,...

