Edward wrote:
>> Hi, this might be a silly question, but I really need your help.
> I am using the product of immunoprecipitation for electrophoresis, that is,
> the samples are antibody-antigen complexes (is that right?).
> My question is that will there be a possiblity of degrading, or breaking of
> the ab-ag complexes, during the procedure of SDS-PAGE, which is a denaturing
> electrophoresis.
> Thanks in advance.
> Ed
Denaturing SDS-PAGE will most certainly dissociate ab-ag complexes. If
your sample buffer includes beta-mercaptoethanol or dithiotreitol, it
will even separate your antibodies into light and heavy chains. SDS-PAGE
after immunoprecipitation is not normally used to analyse the complexes
themselves, but rather to identify the subunits of these complexes.
Paul
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Universite Louis Pasteur 12, rue de l'Universite F-67000 Strasbourg,
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