Best nuclease for removing DNA from bacterial lysates?

2012-06-25 Thread Phelan, Paul J.
Dear all, I have had problems using benzonase nuclease to remove DNA from bacterial (E. coli) lysates, from which I am purifying a ssDNA-binding protein. The problem is, that I want to purify a DNA-free protein, and benzonase did work for that, but then of course I need to remove the benzonase

Haunted Biologic DuoFlow system?

2012-09-27 Thread Phelan, Paul J.
I think this will be an unusual question. I use a Biologic Duoflow chromatography system (from Bio-Rad) for a lot of protein purification, and lately I have had a bizarre problem with the system. The pumps have been starting by themselves, even in front of my eyes as I watch, and every time

Expression vector for GST-tagged TEV protease

2012-12-05 Thread Phelan, Paul J.
Hello everyone, I am looking for an expression vector for GST-tagged TEV protease, and after searching through everything on Addgene and ATCC, I am coming up blank. All I can find are vectors for MBP and His-tagged TEV protease. Google doesn't help much either, it keeps leading me to

Glutathione Sepharose chromatography at below-neutral pH

2015-04-27 Thread Phelan, Paul J.
I have a quick question for everyone: When using glutathione Sepharose (4B Fast Flow from GE) to purify a GST-tagged protein, has anyone used it at pH 6.5 and have it work? I ask because I am trying to purify a DNA-binding protein that is greatly aggregated after the initial glutathione

RE: the absorbance value 1.05 at 260/280 of protein solution

2015-10-28 Thread Phelan, Paul J.
You can use the A260/A280 as an indicator of protein purity. Ideally, pure protein should have an A260/A280 value of 0.6, so 1.05 is very high, and indicates that you have nucleic acid contamination (the A260 component is too high). From:

Poly-deoxyribose phosphate?

2015-08-31 Thread Phelan, Paul J.
Here is a quick question: Has anyone ever heard of poly-deoxyribose phosphate (i.e. a bare DNA sugar-phosphate backbone without any bases) being commercially available? I have not been able to find any source for it, and I have made some enquiries, but wondered if anyone else has ever hard of