Dewson Grant
Cell Signalling and Cell Death Division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Melbourne, Victoria 3052, Australia;Department of Medical Biology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia.
Cold Spring Harb Protoc. 2015 May 1;2015(5):485-9. doi: 10.1101/pdb.prot086488.
Blue native PAGE (BN-PAGE) uses Coomassie dye rather than denaturing SDS to provide a negative charge to proteins for electrophoresis. As such, it is a useful assay for investigating native supramolecular membrane complexes without the need for cross-linking. As Bak and Bax oligomers form in the mitochondrial outer membrane, and they can be efficiently monitored by BN-PAGE. Furthermore, BN-PAGE performed in conjunction with gel-shift using conformation-specific antibodies can provide additional information regarding the activation state of Bak or Bax in specific membrane complexes.
蓝色天然聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳(BN-PAGE)使用考马斯染料而非变性的十二烷基硫酸钠(SDS)来为蛋白质提供负电荷以进行电泳。因此,它是一种用于研究天然超分子膜复合物而无需交联的有用检测方法。由于Bak和Bax寡聚体在线粒体外膜中形成,并且可以通过BN-PAGE有效地监测它们。此外,结合使用构象特异性抗体的凝胶迁移进行的BN-PAGE可以提供有关特定膜复合物中Bak或Bax激活状态的额外信息。