Protein precip. from Guanidine

[Nick Theodorakis]

In article <7u21ch$li6$1 at nnrp1.deja.com>,
  Kresten <kresten at my-deja.com> wrote:
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>
> The protein denatures around 5M Guanidine so I do not think it can be
> substituted by urea although I haven't specifically tested this.
>

Do you mean under or over 5 M Guaninidine?

> I've also tested denaturing in 5% SDS and subsequent TCA prec. in a 4x
> diluted (that is 1.25% SDS) sample. No pellet. Hmm.
>
> Perhaps I should try to load directly on the gel.

Let us know if that works. With that much salt, I betcha it won't even
run into the gel.

A home-made spin column (G-25 or G-50, e.g.) seems as fast and easy as
precipitation.

Nick

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