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Laboratory
Manual

Protein Purification Manual

Purification of ß-galactosidase from E. Coli

Jeanette Mowery and Lisa Seidman

Biotechnology Lab Technician Program
Madison Area Technical College

Funded in part by NSF ATE grants
DUE 9752027

The printable version of this document.


Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction

Introduction


Chapter 2: Protein Structure

Protein Structure


Chapter 3: Assays and Calculations

Assays and Calculations

Procedures:

3.1 Bradford Microassay

Sample Calculation for Bradford Assay

3.2 ß-Galactosidase Assay

Sample Calculation for ß-Galactosidase Assay

Sample Calculation for Specific Activity

Sample Calculation for Purification Factor

Sample Calculation for Yield

Sample Calculation for Percent Yield

Summarize Purification Results


Chapter 4: Purification Methods

Purification Methods

4.1 Making the Crude Extract

4.2 Ammonium Sulfate Precipitation

4.3 Dialysis: Desalting and Buffer Exchange

4.4 Ion Exchange Chromatography

Results and Data Analysis


Chapter 5: Analytical and Verification

Analytical and Verification

5.1 Concentration of Samples

5.2 Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis

5.3 Staining the Gel

5.4 Western Blotting


Chapter 6: Reports

Reports


Appendix A: Solutions

Solutions


Appendix B: Materials and Order Information

Materials and Order Information


Appendix C: Resources

Resources

 

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Lisa Seidman
lseidman@matcmadison.edu
(608) 246-6204

Jeanette Mowery
jmowery@matcmadison.edu
(608) 243-4307