User:Daniel-Mario Larco/Notebook/AU Biodesign Lab - 09/03/2013/2014/05/30

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Gel Electrophoresis We will be using a Bio-Rad Mini Protean system with pre-cast Mini Protean TGX gels. The manual for this system can be found here We will be running SDS-PAGE followed by gel development with Coomassie Blue staining. Below is a short description of how we will proceed. Please refer to the manual for more detailed instructions Prepare the Gel and Assemble the Electrophoresis Cell Remove comb and tape from the gels Rinse the wells with running buffer 14.4g Glycine, 3.02g Tris, 1g SDS in 1L H2O Assemble the electrophoresis cell (note diagrams in manual) Fill the inner and outer buffer chambers with running buffer Prepare and Load Samples Prepare a 50:50 mixture of BSA and myoglobin in H2O (1mg/mL each). This will serve as a ladder Load 20uL of ladder and sample in the wells 1. 10uL Sample Buffer + 10uL ladder 2. 10uL Sample Buffer + 1uL ladder + 9uL H2O 4. 10uL Sample Buffer + 10uL Supernatant 6. 10uL Sample Buffer + 1uL Supernatant + 9uL H2O 8. 10uL Sample Buffer + 0.1uL Supernatant + 9.9uL H2O 9. 10uL Sample Buffer + 1uL Supernatant + 9uL H2O 11. 10uL Sample Buffer + 1uL ladder + 9uL H2O 12. 10uL Sample Buffer + 10uL ladder Perform electrophoresis Run for 30 minutes at 200V (I need to make sure our power source can do this) Develop/Stain your gel Place gel in Fixative Solution (40% methanol, 10% acetic acid, 50% water) for 30 minutes Place gel in Stain Solution (0.025% (w/v) Coomassie Blue, 10% acetic acid, 90% water) for 1 hour Place gel in Destain Solution (10% acetic acid, 90% water) for 15 minutes Repeat this step with fresh destain solution 2 more times Protein Purification Yesterday's procedure was continued today