Re: [ccp4bb] Promoting oligomer dissociation

2011-04-13 Thread Michael Kenneth Fenwick
Many thanks Jacob and Mark for your questions/suggestions. In response: So what happened with the non-reducing gel? (If the DTT was fresh, there should be no problem, but if not...) The gel is very clear, it shows the same exact pattern as the reducing gels. Both high and low MW fractions run

[ccp4bb] Promoting oligomer dissociation

2011-04-12 Thread Michael Kenneth Fenwick
Hi, I have a protein that shows high and low MW peaks on gel filtration (which run at the same MW on SDS-PAGE). There is a slow equilibrium because rerunning the individual peaks on gel filtration a couple days later shows both peaks. The higher MW peak is ~2 orders of magnitude more

Re: [ccp4bb] Promoting oligomer dissociation

2011-04-12 Thread Jacob Keller
Do you have a reducing agent in your solutions? I.e., maybe you are seeing disulfides? JPK On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 1:27 PM, Michael Kenneth Fenwick m...@cornell.edu wrote: Hi, I have a protein that shows high and low MW peaks on gel filtration (which run at the same MW on SDS-PAGE). There

Re: [ccp4bb] Promoting oligomer dissociation

2011-04-12 Thread Michael Kenneth Fenwick
Thanks for all your suggestions so far...as a quick reply to some: You say the fractions are in equilibrium - how about keeping the oligomer fraction each time and adding it to the subsequent preparation? I did this once. The equilibrium is sort of a gift that keeps on giving, but the problem

Re: [ccp4bb] Promoting oligomer dissociation

2011-04-12 Thread Jacob Keller
So what happened with the non-reducing gel? (If the DTT was fresh, there should be no problem, but if not...) JPK On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 3:21 PM, Michael Kenneth Fenwick m...@cornell.edu wrote: Thanks for all your suggestions so far...as a quick reply to some: You say the fractions are in