Serum albumin, bovine

Kurrat R, Prenosil J E and Ramsden J J 1997 Kinetios of human and bovine serum albumin adsorption at silioa-titania surfaoes J. Colloid Interface Sol. 185 1-8... 

This experiment provides a nice example of the application of spectroscopy to biochemistry. After presenting the basic theory for the spectroscopic treatment of protein-ligand interactions, a procedure for characterizing the binding of methyl orange to bovine serum albumin is described. 

This experiment describes the adaptation of the bicinchoninic acid (BCA) protein assay to a flow injection analysis. The assay is based on the reduction of Cu + to Cu+ by the protein, followed by the reaction of Cu+ with bicinchoninic acid to form a purple complex that absorbs at 562 nm. Directions are provided for the analysis of bovine serum albumin and rabbit immunoglobulin G, and suggestions are provided for additional analyses. 

The bovine serum albumin molecule is known to be nearly spherical and uncharged in a solution of pH 5.37. A plot of n/c2 versus C2 for this polymer at 25°C is linear and has an intercept corresponding to M = 69,000. The slope of the line is 1.37 X 10" Torr liter g . Use this slope to estimate the radius of this spherical molecule. 

Compare the two methods in terms of the assumptions involved, the supple mentary information required, and the sensitivity to experimental error 11. The following values of n/c2 versus C2 were measuredf at 25°C in 0.15 NaCl solutions for bovine serum albumin ... 

A second method uses sodium periodate (NaI04) as the oxidant in the presence of the readily available protein bovine serum albumin. In this procedure, the sulfide is complexed in the chiral envirorunent of the protein. Although the oxidant is achiral, it encounters the sulfide in a chiral envirorunent in which the two faces of the sulfide are differentiated. 

The effect of flow rate on resolution by Toyopearl HW-55F and Toyopearl HW-55S columns has been studied using a bovine serum albumin sample. Eor both columns, resolution decreased with increasing flow rate (46). Resolution is increased, however, with decreasing particle size (47). Resolution is proportional to the square root of the column length, as theoretically expected, and indicates that longer columns can be packed as well as shorter columns. Therefore, for samples difficult to resolve, the solution may be to increase the column length. 

Three different types of columns packed with gels of different pore sizes are available. Columns should be selected that are suitable for the molecular weight range of specific samples, as each type has a different exclusion limit (Fig. 6.41, page 215). Bovine serum albumin (BSA), myoglobin, and lysozyme show good peak shapes using only 100 mM of sodium phosphate buffer as an eluent. There is no need to add any salt to the eluent to reduce the ionic interaction between protein and gel. 

FIGURE 7.10 Dependence of the resolution on the sample volume. A preparative Superformance column 1000-200 (bed volume 20 liters) packed with Fractogel END BioSEC (S) (bed height 63 cm) was loaded with 60 ml (top) and 300 ml of a mixture of bovine serum albumin (5 mg/ml), ovalbumin (5 mg/ml), and cytochrome c (3 mg/ml) (bottom) (20 m/VI sodium phosphate buffer, 0.3 M NaCI, pH 7.2 flow rate 100 ml/min corresponding to 19 cm/hr). When the sample volume is 300 ml the separation efficiency for BSA and ovalbumin is similar. Thus the column can be loaded with larger sample volumes, resulting in reasonable separations. 

F W. Wainer and R. M. Stifhn, Direct resolution of the stereoisomers of leucovorin and 5-methylteti ahydrofolate using a bovine serum albumin liigh-performance liquid cliromatographic chiral stationary phase coupled to an acliiral phenyl column , 7. Chromatogr. 424 158-162 (1988). 

Recently, two examples of the separation of enantiomers using CCC have been published (Fig. 1-2). The complete enantiomeric separation of commercial d,l-kynurenine (2) with bovine serum albumin (BSA) as a chiral selector in an aqueous-aqueous polymer phase system was achieved within 3.5 h [128]. Moreover, the chiral resolution of 100 mg of an estrogen receptor partial agonist (7-DMO, 3) was performed using a sulfated (3-cyclodextrin [129, 130], while previous attempts with unsubstituted cyclodextrin were not successful [124]. The same authors described the partial resolution of a glucose-6-phosphatase inhibitor (4) with a Whelk-0 derivative as chiral selector (5) [129]. 

The urease is incorporated into a polyacrylamide gel which is allowed to set on the bulb of the glass electrode and may be held in position by nylon gauze. Preferably, the urease can be chemically immobilised on to bovine serum albumin or even on to nylon. When the electrode is inserted into a solution containing urea, ammonium ions are produced, diffuse through the gel and cause a response by the ammonium ion probe ... 

Protein concentration can be determined using a method introduced by Bradford,4 which utilises Pierce reagent 23200 (Piece Chemical Company, Rockford, IL, USA) in combination with an acidic Coomassie Brilliant Blue G-250 solution to absorb at 595 nm when the reagent binds to the protein. A 20 mg/1 bovine serum albumin (Piece Chemical Company, Rockford, IL, USA) solution will be used to prepare a standard calibration curve for determination of protein concentration. The sample for analysis of SCP is initially homogenised or vibrated in a sonic system to break down the cell walls. 

Kern et al83, 84 carried out hydrolyses of peptides, such as glycylvarylalanine, glycyltryptophan and bovine serum albumin, in the presence of polyethylenesulfonic acid 38 (HPES) and 37 (HPSt) in the aqueous homogeneous systems. The observed acceleration factors ranged between 3 to 50. 

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