User:Catherine Koenigsknecht/Notebook/Experimental Biological Chemistry/2011/12/07

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Entry title Objective To see if the formation of purple protein fibers can be prevented when removing from heat if a refolding buffer is added first. Also, to see if the solution with fibers from yesterday also has purple solution. Description Studying the Effect of Refolding Buffer Mix 100μL of 2.9mM HAuCl4 and 100μL 17.7μM BSA with 800μL distilled water in a microcentrifuge tube. Place the tube on a heat block at 80°C for three hours. Add 500μL 50mM Tris, pH 7.5. Remove from heat after about 5 min. Observe and take a spectra. Studying the Fibers and Solutions from Yesterday Centrifuge the microcentrifuge tube with purple protein fibers from yesterday (ratio=163.842) for 5 min at 13200rpm. Take a spectrum of the solution (without disturbing the pellet). Take spectra of other solutions from yesterday. Data Studying the Effect of Refolding Buffer Picture of the microcentrifuge tube with the Au/BSA solution and refolding buffer. No fibers formed when the tube was removed from heat. Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination A spectrum was taken of this solution, which showed a peak at 534nm: Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Studying the Fibers and Solutions from Yesterday Spectra were taken of different solutions from yesterday: Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination A zoomed-in spectra shows a shift in peak. The solution that had fibers in it (highest ratio) has a peak around 544nm, and the next highest ratio has a peak shifted to about 533nm. From there the peak barely shifts. The solution with the lowest ratio did not show any purple or pink peaks: Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Tube Number Ratio [Au]/[BSA] Wavelength Peak 1 163.842 544nm 2 131.073 533nm 5 65.5367 535nm 6 32.7684 N/A Notes NOTE: All procedure and results taken from lab partner Tamra, http://openwetware.org/wiki/User:Tamra_L._Fisher/Notebook/Experimental_Biological_Chem/2011/12/07 Use categories like tags. Change the "Course" category to the one corresponding to your course. The "Miscellaneous" tag can be used for particular experiments, as instructed by your professor. Please be sure to change or delete this tag as required so that the categories remain well organized.