Ch. 3 Review Flashcards
What is dialysis?
Diluting small molecules out of a dialysis bag and leaving protein molecules.
What is gel-filtration?
- it is based on size of molecule
- basically a diffusion of small and large molecules through carb polymers to separate protein molecules
- large molecules make it to bottom 1st because they are large and pass by the polymers
- *small molecules are small enough and have to go through the polymers loops so it takes longer henceforth they are last
What is ion-exchange?
- anion + cation exchanges
- positively charge AA bind to negative charged beads while negative charged AA flow through
What is affinity?
Addition of glucose to separate glucose binding AA from glucose residues on beads
What is isoelectric focusing?
An electrophoretic technique for the separation of proteins based on their isoelectric point (pI).
The pI is the pH at which a protein has NO NET CHARGE and thus, does not migrate further in an electric field.
What does SDS-PAGE stand for?
Sodium dodecyl sulfate - polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis
What does ELISA stand for?
Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
Difference between ELISA and western blotting?
ELISA is more rapid + requires less steps
What do ELISA and western blotting have in common?
Both are used to detect antibodies
*HIV testing
Methods of protein sequencing
Edman degradation
Mass spec-ESI OR MALDI-TOF
How does cyanogen bromide work?
Cleaves the carboxyl side of methionine residues
How does trypsin work?
Cleaves carboxyl sides of lysine and arginine residues
How does Chymotrypsin work?
Cleaves carboxyl side of tyrosine, tryptophan, phenylalanine, leucine, and methionine
How does carboxypeptidase A work?
Cleaves carboxyl side of all amino acids EXCEPT arginine, lysine, or proline.
Function of DTT and BME?
Breaks di-sulfide bonds
