October 7, 2014
Tasklist
1. Solution Preparation
- 42 μM = 0.6 g/L Lysozyme
- add 0.015 g Lysozyme to 25 mL deionized water
- 30:1 lysozyme-gold colloid
- Add 0.5 mL 250 mM HAuCl4 , 1 mL 42 μM (0.6 g/L) Lysozyme, and 3.5 mL HPLC-grade H2O to 5 culture tubes
- Place in oven for 4 hours
- 50 mm NaCl 50 mM Tris buffer solution was made by adding:
- 0.3030g of Tris buffer
- 0.1461g of NaCl
- Add to 50 mL distilled water
2. Bradford Analysis
- Solutions were prepared on October 1, 2014
- 20 μL sample solution
- 200 μL Bradford Reagent (diluted 1:3 with Tris buffer)
- 780 μL 50 mM Tris/ 50 mM NaCl Buffer
- Solutions were vortexed in a 1.5 mL centrifuge tube and equilibrated for 5 minutes
- Ran UV-Vis between 400-800 nm using PS cuvettes
- An Undialyzed Lysozyme Bradford analysis was also ran.
- Transfer remaining dialyzed solutions to an extraction vial.
3. pH Measurements of H+ containing solutions
pH measurements
Sample
|
pH
|
0.25 mM HCl (4) |
8.062
|
Lysozyme (4) |
8.134
|
4. Ca2+ ISE of Ca2+ containing solutions
Substance
|
Potential (mV)
|
Colloid Sample 1 |
73.5
|
50 mM CaCl2 (1) |
74.9
|
Colloid Sample 2 |
51.2
|
500 μM CaCl2 |
91.4
|
|