Tried nonionic detergents yet ? Glycerol/ethylene glycol ? Phosphate ? Try
figuring out what the three free-riders are (MS) and add something that'd
get rid of them.
A.G.E.
"John Everett" <kellere at hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>> I have created an amino terminal Maltose Binding Protein (MBP)
> fusion of my pet protein. Unfortunately... when I bind the fusion
> to an amylose resin, three other proteins invariably bind as well.
> I have shown that the three hitch hikers are binding to my protein
> and not to the resin nor to the MBP.
> I have tried varies amounts of NaCl ( 0 - 1M ), varying pH levels
> (5 - 8). I just can not shake the contaminants off. The contaminants
> stick to the fusion when the fusion is passed through ion exchange
> columns and size exclusions columns.
>> I normally wash the resin with 20 column volumes of:
>> 20 mM Tris-HCL pH 8.0
> 200 mM NaCl
> 10 mM BME
>>> If any one can offer a wash protocol that may help knock
> off the contaminating proteins, I would be very appreciative.
>> Thanks in advance,
> John Everett
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