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==Objective==
==Objective==


Today's objective is to tag our BSA proteins with our dye. The dye we are using is 5(6)-Carboxynaphthofluorescein, N-succinimidyl ester and has been obtained from Marker Gene Technologies Inc. This dye is able to tag unprotonated lysine residues; for this reason the first step of our protocol is to increase the pH of our solutions (control, 70 ratio, 166 ratio) so that it reaches a pH of 8.5 (because the lysine pKa = 8.95 for the amino group); to do so, we are going to add some buffer (prepared on 8/2/12) to the solution until the pH reaches 8.5 (we are checking the pH using a SB70P pHmeter). Then, because the dye isn't water soluble, we have to prepare a satured DMSO solution; we are going to dissolve the dye (whose mass has been determined on 8/2/12) into as few DMSO as possible. To finish, we'll leave the reaction occur overnight; the next step will be to perform a dialysis to remove the excess of dye.


==Protocol==
==Protocol==

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Objective

Today's objective is to tag our BSA proteins with our dye. The dye we are using is 5(6)-Carboxynaphthofluorescein, N-succinimidyl ester and has been obtained from Marker Gene Technologies Inc. This dye is able to tag unprotonated lysine residues; for this reason the first step of our protocol is to increase the pH of our solutions (control, 70 ratio, 166 ratio) so that it reaches a pH of 8.5 (because the lysine pKa = 8.95 for the amino group); to do so, we are going to add some buffer (prepared on 8/2/12) to the solution until the pH reaches 8.5 (we are checking the pH using a SB70P pHmeter). Then, because the dye isn't water soluble, we have to prepare a satured DMSO solution; we are going to dissolve the dye (whose mass has been determined on 8/2/12) into as few DMSO as possible. To finish, we'll leave the reaction occur overnight; the next step will be to perform a dialysis to remove the excess of dye.

Protocol

  • Changing the pH of the solution (to 8.50)
  1. Control solution:
    1. Initial solution: pH = 3.98 and volume = 10mL
    2. Add 321µL of buffer
    3. Final solution: pH = 8.50 and volume = 10.32mL
  2. Fibers solution (BSA/Gold = 166):
    1. Initial solution: pH = 3.17 and volume = 10mL
    2. Add 1.5mL of buffer
    3. Final solution: pH = 8.51 and volume = 11.5mL
  3. Purple solution (BSA/Gold = 70):
    1. Initial solution: pH = 3.50 and volume = 10mL
    2. Add 600µL of buffer
    3. Final solution: pH = 8.50 and volume = 10.6mL
  • Preparation of the dye solution
  1. Tube 1 (for control solution): 2.0mg of 5(6)-Carboxynaphthofluorescein, N-succinimidyl ester (473.51 g/mol) + 160µL of DMSO
  2. Tube 2 (for 166 solution): 2.0mg of 5(6)-Carboxynaphthofluorescein, N-succinimidyl ester (473.51 g/mol) + 160µL of DMSO
  3. Tube 3 (for 70 solution): 2.4mg of 5(6)-Carboxynaphthofluorescein, N-succinimidyl ester (473.51 g/mol) + 160µL of DMSO
  • Tagging the peptides with the dye
  1. Tube 1 (control solution): 160µL of dye + 10.32mL of control solution
  2. Tube 2 (166 solution): 160µL of dye + 11.5mL of fibers solution
  3. Tube 3 (70 solution): 160µL of dye + 10.6mL of purple solution
  4. Incubation for 24 hours at room temperature in the shaker

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