Molecular Bioenergetics, Medical School, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, Haus 26, D-60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Mol Cell Proteomics. 2010 Oct;9(10):2149-61. doi: 10.1074/mcp.M900526-MCP200. Epub 2010 Feb 20.
Blue native electrophoresis is one of the most popular techniques for mass estimation of native membrane proteins, but the use of non-optimal mass markers and acrylamide gels can compromise accuracy and reliability of the results. We present short protocols taking 10-30 min to prepare optimal sets of membrane protein markers from chicken, rat, mouse, and bovine heart. Especially heart materials from local supermarkets or butcher's shops, e.g. chicken or bovine heart, are ideal sources of high mass membrane protein standards. Considerable discrepancies between the migration behavior of membrane and soluble markers suggest using membrane protein markers for mass estimation of membrane proteins. Soluble standard proteins can be used, with some limitations, when soluble proteins are the focus. Principles and general rules for the determination of mass and oligomeric state of native membrane and soluble proteins are elaborated, and potential pitfalls are discussed.
蓝色 native 电泳是一种最受欢迎的用于大规模估计天然膜蛋白的技术,但使用非最佳的质量标记物和丙烯酰胺凝胶会影响结果的准确性和可靠性。我们提供了简短的方案,这些方案只需 10-30 分钟即可从鸡、鼠、牛心脏中制备最佳的膜蛋白标记物。特别是来自当地超市或肉店的心脏材料,如鸡或牛心,是高质量膜蛋白标准的理想来源。膜和可溶性标记物的迁移行为之间存在很大差异,这表明使用膜蛋白标记物来估计膜蛋白的质量。在关注可溶性蛋白时,可以使用可溶性标准蛋白,但存在一些限制。详细阐述了确定天然膜和可溶性蛋白的质量和寡聚状态的原则和一般规则,并讨论了潜在的陷阱。