We have developed novel protein gel electrophoresis techniques, sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) and isoelectric focusing (IEF) in short microchannels (approximately millimeters) that take less than a minute. A photopatterning technique was used to cast in situ crosslinked polyacrylamide gel in a microchannel to perform SDS-PAGE. A fluorescent protein marker ...

The subunit structure of thyroglobulin has been investigated by gel filtration and polyacrylamide electrophoresis in sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) of the native and the S-carboxymethylated proteins. When the thyroglobulins from several species (calf, sheep, pig, man, rat, and guinea pig) were examined by polyacrylamide electrophoresis in SDS in the absence of reducing agents, most of the protein...

A simple and effective method to purify a phosphoprotein (B2) (Mr 68,000, pI 6.2-8) from phenol-soluble non-histone chromatin proteins of rat liver is described. The purification involved only two steps, CM-cellulose chromatography and preparative SDS/polyacrylamide (10%)-gel electrophoresis. The purified phosphoprotein B2 was shown to be homogeneous by SDS/polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis. T...

Anhydrotetracycline oxygenase was purified to homogeneity from Streptomyces aureofaciens, a producer of tetracycline. The enzyme was purified 60-fold in a 40% yield by a two-step procedure using a combination of hydrophobic chromatography and ion-exchange h.p.l.c. Purified anhydrotetracycline oxygenase was homogeneous according to SDS/polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis, isoelectric focusing, io...

Earthworms possess antioxidant, antibacterial, antitumor, and hemolytic properties. To recognize the molecules responsible for various biological activities of earthworm’s coelomic fluid, a detailed knowledge about its protein contents is required. The aim of this study was to characterize the proteins present within the coelomic fluid of Eisenia foetida earthworm. Polyacrylamide-gel-elec...

Testosterone estradiol-binding globulin (rbTeBG) of rabbit plasma was purified to homogeneity by the sequential use of ammonium sulfate precipitation, affinity chromatography on 5a-dihydrotestosterone-Sepharose, reactive blue-Sepharose, and finally preparative polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. An overall purification of greater than 3000-fold was achieved with a recovery of 32%. This purified...

Testosterone estradiol-binding globulin (rbTeBG) of rabbit plasma was purified to homogeneity by the sequential use of ammonium sulfate precipitation, affinity chromatography on 5 alpha-dihydrotestosterone-Sepharose, reactive blue-Sepharose, and finally preparative polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. An overall purification of greater than 3000-fold was achieved with a recovery of 32%. This pur...