User:Matt Hartings/Notebook/AU Biomaterials Design Lab/2016/01/13

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Objective The referees of the microgel paper wanted me to determine if the protein hydrolyzes during the reaction for making hydrogels. So, I'm going to run 2 reaction (one with iron and one without iron) to see if the protein is degraded by the KOH and KNO3. Description Following Puja's methods Heat a water bath to 80C Degas water for making FeSO4 solution Add the following to a falcon tube: 1.87 mL of 1M KOH 8.889 mL of 0.9M KNO3 2.338 mL of 15.4 uM Hemoglobin 4.903 mL of water Prepare the FeSO4 solution using the degassed water to prevent oxidation of Fe before it goes into the reaction 2.085 g FeSO4 (MW 278.01 g/mol) 25 mL degassed water Place tube around mixing shaft Place water bath around tube Start mixing at 2500 rpm Add 2 mL of FeSO4 solution Let react for 90 minutes and place in freezer overnight Now I need to make a reaction that has no FeSO4 to look at the effects of just KOH and KNO3 Heat a water bath to 80C Add the following to a falcon tube: 1.87 mL of 1M KOH 8.889 mL of 0.9M KNO3 2.338 mL of 15.4 uM Hemoglobin 6.903 mL of water Place tube around mixing shaft Place water bath around tube Start mixing at 2500 rpm Add 2 mL of FeSO4 solution Let react for 90 minutes and place in freezer overnight I also need to prep solutions to run electrophoresis 10X running buffer 30.3 g Tris 144.1 g glycine 10 g SDS Add water to 1L stir on stir plate overnight to mix solution 2X sample buffer 3.75 mL of 0.5 M Tris (pH 6.8) 7.5 mL of glycerol 0.3 mL of 1% bromophenol blue 0.6 g SDS H2O to 30 mL Data Add data and results here... Notes This area is for any observations or conclusions that you would like to note. 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.