Lidstrom:His-tag Protein Purification: Difference between revisions
From OpenWetWare
Jump to navigationJump to search
No edit summary |
|||
(One intermediate revision by the same user not shown) | |||
Line 7: | Line 7: | ||
== General Info == | == General Info == | ||
=== Acceptable pH range for buffers === | === Acceptable pH range for buffers === | ||
* Histidine pKa is ~6. At pH8, most of the His residues are deprotonated and stick more strongly to the Co Resin. This also means that undesired proteins with His are more likely to stick at higher pHs. | |||
=== Other optional additives === | === Other optional additives === | ||
Line 13: | Line 14: | ||
* DTT | * DTT | ||
=== Don't ever add === | === Don't ever add === | ||
* strong reducing | * TCEP, DTT, or other strong reducing agents. It will reduce the resin and it will turn a funny color. | ||
* Chealating compounds. | |||
** EDTA (a potent inhibitor of metalloproteases) can only be added in tiny amounts. Be careful about Tris, ammonium salts, and certain amino acids. | |||
=== How much resin should I use? === | === How much resin should I use? === | ||
=== What is a "good yield"? === | === What is a "good yield"? === | ||
* Justin Siegel says 10 g/L is good. But this depends on how much buffer you eluted in. If you dilute in twice as much volume, your concentration might be 1/2 as high. | |||
== Increasing binding capacity == | == Increasing binding capacity == |
Latest revision as of 13:35, 7 July 2014
Back to Protocols
Cobalt versus Nickel Resin
- Ni has better binding capacity (~3X) but Co has better specificity (higher purify product)
- Use Co unless you have a compelling reason to use Ni
General Info
Acceptable pH range for buffers
- Histidine pKa is ~6. At pH8, most of the His residues are deprotonated and stick more strongly to the Co Resin. This also means that undesired proteins with His are more likely to stick at higher pHs.
Other optional additives
- NaCl
- glycerol
- DTT
Don't ever add
- TCEP, DTT, or other strong reducing agents. It will reduce the resin and it will turn a funny color.
- Chealating compounds.
- EDTA (a potent inhibitor of metalloproteases) can only be added in tiny amounts. Be careful about Tris, ammonium salts, and certain amino acids.
How much resin should I use?
What is a "good yield"?
- Justin Siegel says 10 g/L is good. But this depends on how much buffer you eluted in. If you dilute in twice as much volume, your concentration might be 1/2 as high.
Increasing binding capacity
Sodium Chloride
- Adding sodium chloride or glycerol can help increase your protein yield by reducing the extent to which other proteins can stick to the resin.
- This experiment shows compares purification of His-tagged ACS in a 50mM pH 7.5 phosphate buffer with either 0mM NaCl, 100mM NaCl, or 500mM NaCl added. The NaCl was added to the lysis buffer, and the first two of the three wash buffers (all 10mM imidazole, but varying [NaCl]).
- The yield is much higher for 500mM:
- The gel of the flow-through (what didn't stick to the resin) shows that more ACS bound in the 500mM NaCl solution. .
- The data and analyses for this are found here and here but I haven't tidied it up for others to view.
- However, the same findings did not hold true for my high throughput purifications of the same proteins.
Glycerol
Glycerol can increase your yield via similar principles.
Experimental tips
- 2M imidazole can be made and stored in the fridge for weeks/months to prepare the wash and elution buffers. Reserve about 10% of the volume for adjusting pH down with full strength HCl. For instance, ~10-15mL of HCl is needed to make 100mL of 2M imidazole, pH 7.4 in water.
- Adding NaCl lowers the pH of a solution. It