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[ccp4bb] Defining consensus pattern for searching a motif in protein database(s)

2012-04-12 Thread E rajakumar
Dear All
I want to search SUMO interacting motif (SIM) in different protein data bases 
and also in the given protein sequences. 
Does anyone can provide me the PROSITE AC and/or ID for the
SIM motif?  I will be grateful if you
provide me MATRIX for the SIM motif profile.
I do not know much about how to define the amino acid
sequence ‘pattern’ for searching the motif in the ‘Prosite’ tool.
For an example AP endonuclease contains following consensus
pattern 
D-[ST]-[FY]-[RP]-[KHQ]-x(7,8)-[FYWD]-[ST]-[FYW] (2) 
What is the meaning of x(7,8) and (2) in the above example.
Any literature or article regarding this topic is most
welcome.
Thank you in advance
Raj
 
 
 
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Re: [ccp4bb] how to quantitate protein which dont have ne aromatic residue

2011-04-10 Thread E rajakumar
Hi Arpita

You can try QUANTI-iT
Protein assay kit from Invitrogen.

But still there is
nearly 20-50% discrepancy between this method and a Abosorbance at 280.

I also faced same
problem with a protein, then re-cloned by adding a Trp at the C-terminus.

Raj

 
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--- On Sat, 9/4/11, Arpit Mishra ar...@igib.in wrote:

From: Arpit Mishra ar...@igib.in
Subject: [ccp4bb] how to quantitate protein which dont have ne aromatic residue
To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Date: Saturday, 9 April, 2011, 3:22 PM

hello everybody
i am working on the protien which dont have any aromatic residue  i do fplc 
other purification using 220 absorption, but i want to quantitate protein 
precisely i have tried using BCA nd bradford but both methods quantification is 
not matching,,so any one is having sum idea how to quantitate it precisely 

thanks in advance for your valuable suggestion..

Arpit Mishra


[ccp4bb] Question on calculation of RMSD

2010-11-14 Thread E rajakumar
Dear All
I have two structures of homo-dimeric protein complex with different DNA.
I want to calculate RMS deviation between second monomer from these two 
complexes by fixing superposed first monomer.

This I require to know what is the effect of DNA on relative orientation of two 
monomers in the dimer.

Previously I was using MOLEMAN2 to do this calculation.

Please can you suggest me any other program to do this calculation.

Thanking you
Raj


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[ccp4bb] Protein crystallizes while concentration

2010-02-18 Thread E rajakumar
Dear All
I am Rajkumar, working on the protein which has unusual behavior while 
concentration.

When I kept protein in 15 mM Tris 7.5, 150 mM NaCl and 5 mM DTT, the solubility 
of the protein is decreases drastically and tend to crystallize while 
concentration. 
Protein cannot be concentrated more than 3 mg/mL, however I noticed white 
turbid protein if I force to concentrate 3mg/mL. When I observed this white 
turbid solution under the microscope, I noticed shower of tiny protein crystals 
which are needle in shape.  
I screened freshly purified protein (2.5 mg/mL) in different Hampton and Qiagen 
screens, strangely none of the conditions gave the crystals.  I concentrated 
left over protein at 15oC at 3 mg/mL and kept in the 4oC for 4 days again I 
noticed shower of crystals.
This protein solubility is increased to ~20mg/mL when I kept in 15 Tris 7.5, 
400 mM NaCl, 5% Glycerol and 5 mM DTT, but did not crystallize while 
concentration and also after screening with Hampton and Qiagen screens.

My queries are 
1. How do I get the crystals in the crystallization set up rather than while 
concentration, so that I can control the diffusion and finally nucleation?
2. Could anybody give me suggestions on seeding in this type of situation? 
3. Any comments on reverse vapor diffusion for this type of protein are most 
welcome. So I can keep protein in high ionic strength (~400 mM NaCl)and diffuse 
against low Ionic strength or deionized water? Or any other protocol?
Any suggestions are well appreciated.
Thanking you in advance
Raj

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[ccp4bb] Error message while refining protein-DNA complex structure in Refmac5

2009-03-18 Thread E rajakumar
Dear Garib
Thank you.
After removing SCALE card in the pdb file, refinement
is completed somthly.

Rajakumara




--- Garib Murshudov ga...@ysbl.york.ac.uk wrote:

 It seems that something may be wrong with your input
 file.  
 Specifically with the SCALE card in the pdb file.
 Could you please  
 remove SCALE lines from the pdb and try again. If it
 does not help  
 then could you please send me your pdb file and I
 will try to sort out.
 
 Garib
 
 On 16 Mar 2009, at 22:43, E rajakumar wrote:
 
  Dear All
  I am refining proitein-DNA complex structure in
  Refamac5. When I used coordinate file containing 2
  bases less, then the refinement is running smoth
 and
  perfect. But when I built 2 exta bases to the
 existing
  DNA in the coot then refinement is failed with the
  following error message.
 
  /usr/local/ccp4-6.1.0/bin/refmac5
 

XYZIN/usr6/rajkumar/APS/hem/mar9/H2/molrep/BCDNA-built2-NCS-
 
  refm2.pdb
  XYZOUT /tmp/rajkumar/hemCG_19_2_pdb_1.tmp HKLIN
 

/usr6/rajkumar/APS/hem/mar9/H2/molrep/P6122.mtz
  HKLOUT /tmp/rajkumar/hemCG_19_3_mtz_1.tmp LIBOUT
 

/usr6/rajkumar/APS/hem/mar9/H2/molrep/hemCG_19_lib.cif
 
  has failed with error message
  At line 2486 of file
  /usr/local/xtal/ccp4-6.1.0/src/refmac5_/make_PDB.f
  Fortran runtime error: Bad value during floating
 point
  read
 
  It seems there is error in LIB file generation.
  Coordinate format and atom labelling is accoring
 to
  refmac convention.
 
  Please can anybody suggest me how do I
 trooubleshoot.
 
  Thanking you
  Rajakumara
 
 
 
 
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Re: [ccp4bb] Error message while refining protein-DNA complex structure in Refmac5

2009-03-17 Thread E rajakumar
Dear Garib
Thank you very much as you suggested, I removed SCALE
card in the pdb file, then it is running smothly.
 
Rajakumara


--- Garib Murshudov ga...@ysbl.york.ac.uk wrote:

 It seems that something may be wrong with your input
 file.  
 Specifically with the SCALE card in the pdb file.
 Could you please  
 remove SCALE lines from the pdb and try again. If it
 does not help  
 then could you please send me your pdb file and I
 will try to sort out.
 
 Garib
 
 On 16 Mar 2009, at 22:43, E rajakumar wrote:
 
  Dear All
  I am refining proitein-DNA complex structure in
  Refamac5. When I used coordinate file containing 2
  bases less, then the refinement is running smoth
 and
  perfect. But when I built 2 exta bases to the
 existing
  DNA in the coot then refinement is failed with the
  following error message.
 
  /usr/local/ccp4-6.1.0/bin/refmac5
 

XYZIN/usr6/rajkumar/APS/hem/mar9/H2/molrep/BCDNA-built2-NCS-
 
  refm2.pdb
  XYZOUT /tmp/rajkumar/hemCG_19_2_pdb_1.tmp HKLIN
 

/usr6/rajkumar/APS/hem/mar9/H2/molrep/P6122.mtz
  HKLOUT /tmp/rajkumar/hemCG_19_3_mtz_1.tmp LIBOUT
 

/usr6/rajkumar/APS/hem/mar9/H2/molrep/hemCG_19_lib.cif
 
  has failed with error message
  At line 2486 of file
  /usr/local/xtal/ccp4-6.1.0/src/refmac5_/make_PDB.f
  Fortran runtime error: Bad value during floating
 point
  read
 
  It seems there is error in LIB file generation.
  Coordinate format and atom labelling is accoring
 to
  refmac convention.
 
  Please can anybody suggest me how do I
 trooubleshoot.
 
  Thanking you
  Rajakumara
 
 
 
 
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[ccp4bb] Error message while refining protein-DNA complex structure in Refmac5

2009-03-16 Thread E rajakumar
Dear All
I am refining proitein-DNA complex structure in
Refamac5. When I used coordinate file containing 2
bases less, then the refinement is running smoth and
perfect. But when I built 2 exta bases to the existing
DNA in the coot then refinement is failed with the
following error message.
 
/usr/local/ccp4-6.1.0/bin/refmac5 
XYZIN/usr6/rajkumar/APS/hem/mar9/H2/molrep/BCDNA-built2-NCS-refm2.pdb
XYZOUT /tmp/rajkumar/hemCG_19_2_pdb_1.tmp HKLIN
/usr6/rajkumar/APS/hem/mar9/H2/molrep/P6122.mtz
HKLOUT /tmp/rajkumar/hemCG_19_3_mtz_1.tmp LIBOUT
/usr6/rajkumar/APS/hem/mar9/H2/molrep/hemCG_19_lib.cif

has failed with error message
At line 2486 of file
/usr/local/xtal/ccp4-6.1.0/src/refmac5_/make_PDB.f
Fortran runtime error: Bad value during floating point
read

It seems there is error in LIB file generation.
Coordinate format and atom labelling is accoring to
refmac convention.

Please can anybody suggest me how do I trooubleshoot.

Thanking you
Rajakumara




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[ccp4bb] Cryoprotectant for protein-DNA complex crystal

2008-10-31 Thread E rajakumar
Dear All
I am working on protein-DNA complex crystals for data
collection. These crystals are grown in 15-20 % of
PEG3350 or PEG4000 with pH of 6 to 7. When I soak the
crystals more than a minute in the cryo solution
(15-20% of Glycerol or ethylenglycol + reservoir) the
resolution of diffraction is becoming weak (reducing
to 6.0 A from 4.5 A) and also the spots are getting
spread (increase in mosaicity). Appears that Glycerol
or Ethylene glycol not good cryoprotectants in this
case. Is there any study on effect of cryoprotectant
on protein-DNA complex crystal and protein-DNA complex
dissociation?  I also want to know which type
(organics, oils, polyols, sugars, polymers…) of
cryoprotectant is most preferred in protein-DNA
complex crystal. 
Thanking you in advance
Rajakumara


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[ccp4bb] Protein-DNA complex prepartion for crystallization

2008-10-01 Thread E rajakumar
Dear All
Sorry for non-crystallography query. I am working on
DNA binding protein, while mixing DNA with protein for
preparing Protein-DNA complex for crystallization,
protein is precipitating.  pI of the protein is 9.3
and in 15 mM HEPES 7.0, 150mM NaCl and 5% glycerol.
Concentration of the protein used for mixing with DNA
is 8 mg/mL. DNA to protein molar ratio is 1.2.  Please
advise me how to prevent precipitation. Is changing of
buffer pH and adding divalent cation like MgCl2 can
help in preventing precipitation?
Thanking You
Rajakumara


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[ccp4bb] Query on program for creating random crystallization screen

2008-09-12 Thread E rajakumar
Dear All
I want to create a random crystallization screen using
given set of crystallization parameters (pH,
Precipitant, salt, additive.) for protein-DNA
complex crystallization. I was using Brent Segelke's
CRYSTOOL program, not accessible online now. Please
can you suggest any other such programs and/ how do I
can access the CRYSTOOL (sort of registration or
purchase?) 

Thanking you in advance
Rajakumara


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[ccp4bb] Ammonium citrate tribasic buffer

2008-08-07 Thread E rajakumar
Dear All
Sorry for non crystallographic query.
Can any body mail me how to prepare Ammonium citrate
tribasic (citric acid triammonium salt) buffer pH 6.7
to 7.25 and also what is the pKa value. 
Thanking you in advance
Rajakumara
 


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Re: [ccp4bb] query on DNA-protein complex preparation for crystallization

2008-06-22 Thread E rajakumar
Hi Artem Evdokimov
Thank you for the mail. I have synthesized DMT-on
oligos in our laboratory. Deprotection was performed
treating with ammonium hydroxide for 15 hours at 55C.
Then, DMT-on oligo was separated from off using
RPHPLC.
DMT was cleaved by treating with 20% glacial acetic
acid for one hour. Then, DMT-off DNA was separated
from DMT, again using RPHPLC.
Lyophilized DMT-off oligos were dissolved in 3 mL of
Milli Q water and dialysed against 2 L of milli Q
water for 4hrs by changing water 2 times.

Then complemntary oligos are concentrated around 1.0
mM and mixed them and concentrated further to 1.5 mM
(duplex).

2 mM (final concentration) of Magensium chloride was
added to oligos and concentrated to half of the
volume.
While concentrating oligos become viscos and white
precipitate. however, annealing did not help to
dissolve the white precipitate.
 
I kept oligos in distilled water, without adusting pH.
Please can you mail if I iginite DNA on metal spatual,
eiether burns or not, what it indicates?

Thanking you
Rajakumara







 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Hi,
 
 How did you synthesize the DNA? I assume external
 vendor (so few people make
 their own these days)? How was the DNA purified?
 Sometimes if only a
 'desalting' step is used there may be 'other
 chemicals' in the mix. Also,
 what pH was your DNA at, and in what buffer (if
 any)? If your DNA degraded
 you may have Pi in solution, which forms insoluble
 precipitates with many
 counterions.
 
 So, first of all I would check your white
 precipitate - does it dissolve in
 anything at all? If it does dissolve, what pH does
 it have? Does it run on
 an agarose gel? When you ignite a speck of it on a
 clean metal spatula -
 does it burn or does it just sit there (and what
 color does it become).
 
 Normally you can prepare DNA-protein complexes in a
 variety of ways,
 including direct addition, concentration,
 counterdialysis, etc.
 Regards,
 
 Artem
 
 -Original Message-
 From: CCP4 bulletin board
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of E
 rajakumar
 Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2008 5:48 PM
 To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK
 Subject: [ccp4bb] query on DNA-protein complex
 preparation for
 crystallization
 
 Dear All
 Sorry for non-crystallography question. I have
 synthesized two complementary strands of 16 bases in
 length for making duplex DNA and co-crystallization
 with DNA binding protein. I have mixed two
 complementary strands of 1:1 molar ratio (0.5 mM) in
 water and concentrated to 1.5 mM (Duplex), while
 concentrating solution becomes viscous and turned to
 white precipitate. However, adding 2 mM Magnesium
 chloride followed by annealing (heating at 90C for
 10
 minutes and followed by cooling to room temperature)
 did not help to dissolve the white precipitate.  
 
 Please can you give me suggestions on following
 queries?
 
 1.How do I dissolve white precipitate? Is increasing
 divalent cation or keeping duplex in particular pH
 could help in dissolving the precipitate?
 
 2.How do I prepare DNA-protein complex? I mean, can
 I
 mix diluted DNA and protein in 1:1 molar ratio and
 concentrate further? 
 Any guidance in this regard will be appreciated.
 
 Sorry, foregot to mention that any references in
 this
 regards will be great help.
 
 Thank you in Advance
 
 Rajakumara
  
 
 
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Re: [ccp4bb] query on DNA-protein complex preparation for crystallization

2008-06-22 Thread E rajakumar
Hi
Thank you for the mail.
It seems your correct. A(260 nm)/A(280) of one oligo
is around 1.0 and peak is around 272. Other
oligo's(260 nm)/A(280) is around 1.5.
Can I know what is the absorbance peak of base
protecting N-benzoyl group.
Is it possible to do deprotection of base after mixing
complementary strands? 
Can you suggest me what is the volume of ammonium
hydroxide will be used for 1uM oligo of 16 bases in
length and how much time heating shoul be done?
thanking you
rajakumara





--- William Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Check the purity of the DNA in solution:
 
 A(260 nm)/A(280) = 1.8 for fully deprotected DNA,
 and you should see a  
 nice clean simple curve with a peak very close to
 260 nm.
 
 Check it on a denaturing gel.  Smearing indicates
 incomplete  
 deprotection.  This is usually the cause of
 solubility problems.
 
 Sometimes resuspending in a strong cationic buffer
 (say 100 mM Tris pH  
 8.5) might be required. For crystallization it is
 probably best to  
 have Na+ or K+ as a counterion, rather than Mg++. 
 So you need to  
 dialize against a high concentration of monovalent
 salt first, not  
 just deionized water.
 
 
 On Jun 22, 2008, at 9:10 AM, E rajakumar wrote:
 
  Hi Artem Evdokimov
  Thank you for the mail. I have synthesized DMT-on
  oligos in our laboratory. Deprotection was
 performed
  treating with ammonium hydroxide for 15 hours at
 55C.
  Then, DMT-on oligo was separated from off using
  RPHPLC.
  DMT was cleaved by treating with 20% glacial
 acetic
  acid for one hour. Then, DMT-off DNA was separated
  from DMT, again using RPHPLC.
  Lyophilized DMT-off oligos were dissolved in 3 mL
 of
  Milli Q water and dialysed against 2 L of milli Q
  water for 4hrs by changing water 2 times.
 
  Then complemntary oligos are concentrated around
 1.0
  mM and mixed them and concentrated further to 1.5
 mM
  (duplex).
 
  2 mM (final concentration) of Magensium chloride
 was
  added to oligos and concentrated to half of the
  volume.
  While concentrating oligos become viscos and white
  precipitate. however, annealing did not help to
  dissolve the white precipitate.
 
  I kept oligos in distilled water, without adusting
 pH.
  Please can you mail if I iginite DNA on metal
 spatual,
  eiether burns or not, what it indicates?
 
  Thanking you
  Rajakumara
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
  Hi,
 
  How did you synthesize the DNA? I assume external
  vendor (so few people make
  their own these days)? How was the DNA purified?
  Sometimes if only a
  'desalting' step is used there may be 'other
  chemicals' in the mix. Also,
  what pH was your DNA at, and in what buffer (if
  any)? If your DNA degraded
  you may have Pi in solution, which forms
 insoluble
  precipitates with many
  counterions.
 
  So, first of all I would check your white
  precipitate - does it dissolve in
  anything at all? If it does dissolve, what pH
 does
  it have? Does it run on
  an agarose gel? When you ignite a speck of it on
 a
  clean metal spatula -
  does it burn or does it just sit there (and what
  color does it become).
 
  Normally you can prepare DNA-protein complexes in
 a
  variety of ways,
  including direct addition, concentration,
  counterdialysis, etc.
  Regards,
 
  Artem
 
  -Original Message-
  From: CCP4 bulletin board
  [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of E
  rajakumar
  Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2008 5:48 PM
  To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK
  Subject: [ccp4bb] query on DNA-protein complex
  preparation for
  crystallization
 
  Dear All
  Sorry for non-crystallography question. I have
  synthesized two complementary strands of 16 bases
 in
  length for making duplex DNA and
 co-crystallization
  with DNA binding protein. I have mixed two
  complementary strands of 1:1 molar ratio (0.5 mM)
 in
  water and concentrated to 1.5 mM (Duplex), while
  concentrating solution becomes viscous and turned
 to
  white precipitate. However, adding 2 mM Magnesium
  chloride followed by annealing (heating at 90C
 for
  10
  minutes and followed by cooling to room
 temperature)
  did not help to dissolve the white precipitate.
 
  Please can you give me suggestions on following
  queries?
 
  1.How do I dissolve white precipitate? Is
 increasing
  divalent cation or keeping duplex in particular
 pH
  could help in dissolving the precipitate?
 
  2.How do I prepare DNA-protein complex? I mean,
 can
  I
  mix diluted DNA and protein in 1:1 molar ratio
 and
  concentrate further?
  Any guidance in this regard will be appreciated.
 
  Sorry, foregot to mention that any references in
  this
  regards will be great help.
 
  Thank you in Advance
 
  Rajakumara
 
 
 
  E. Rajakumara
  Postdoctoral Fellow
   Strcutural Biology Program
   Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
   New York-10021
   NY
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[ccp4bb]

2008-06-21 Thread E rajakumar
Dear All
Sorry for non-crystallography question. I have
synthesized two complementary strands of 16 bases in
length for making duplex DNA and co-crystallization
with DNA binding protein. I have mixed two
complementary strands of 1:1 molar ratio (0.5 mM) in
water and concentrated to 1.5 mM (Duplex), while
concentrating solution becomes viscous and turned to
white precipitate. However, adding 2 mM Magnesium
chloride followed by annealing (heating at 90C for 10
minutes and followed by cooling to room temperature)
did not help to dissolve the white precipitate.  

Please can you give me suggestions on following
queries?

1.How do I dissolve white precipitate? Is increasing
divalent cation or keeping duplex in particular pH
could help in dissolving the precipitate?
2.How do I prepare DNA-protein complex? I mean, can I
mix diluted DNA and protein in 1:1 molar ratio and
concentrate further? 
Any guidance in this regard will be appreciated.

Thank you in Advance

Rajakumara
 


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[ccp4bb] query on DNA-protein complex preparation for crystallization

2008-06-21 Thread E rajakumar
Dear All
Sorry for non-crystallography question. I have
synthesized two complementary strands of 16 bases in
length for making duplex DNA and co-crystallization
with DNA binding protein. I have mixed two
complementary strands of 1:1 molar ratio (0.5 mM) in
water and concentrated to 1.5 mM (Duplex), while
concentrating solution becomes viscous and turned to
white precipitate. However, adding 2 mM Magnesium
chloride followed by annealing (heating at 90C for 10
minutes and followed by cooling to room temperature)
did not help to dissolve the white precipitate.  

Please can you give me suggestions on following
queries?

1.How do I dissolve white precipitate? Is increasing
divalent cation or keeping duplex in particular pH
could help in dissolving the precipitate?

2.How do I prepare DNA-protein complex? I mean, can I
mix diluted DNA and protein in 1:1 molar ratio and
concentrate further? 
Any guidance in this regard will be appreciated.

Sorry, foregot to mention that any references in this
regards will be great help.

Thank you in Advance

Rajakumara
 


E. Rajakumara
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  Strcutural Biology Program
  Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
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[ccp4bb] 5-methy 2-deoxy Cytidine modified DNA duplex

2008-03-06 Thread E rajakumar
Dear CCP4 users
Sorry for non CCP4 topic.
I want to know a company which can synthesize 5-methyl
2-deoxy Cytidine modified DNA duplex.
Thank you in advance

Rajakumara


E. Rajakumara
Postdoctoral Fellow
  Strcutural Biology Program
  Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
  New York-10021
  NY
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  001 917 674 6266 (Mobile)


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[ccp4bb] Purification using GST column at low pH

2007-12-07 Thread E rajakumar
Dear All
Sorry for non-crystallography question. I am purifying
a protein using GST column. The gel filtration
chromatography is indicating that the protein is
aggregating at pH more than 7.0. I am planning to
purify the protein at the pH around 6.0. So, I want to
know the affinity of GST-fusion protein to the GST
column and also activity of the Prescission Protease
at pH 6.0. 
Thank you in advance
Rajakumara




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