Chapter title |
Detection of Aspartic Proteinase Activities Using Gel Zymography
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Chapter number | 5 |
Book title |
Zymography
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Published in |
Methods in molecular biology, June 2017
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DOI | 10.1007/978-1-4939-7111-4_5 |
Pubmed ID | |
Book ISBNs |
978-1-4939-7109-1, 978-1-4939-7111-4
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Authors |
Handunge Kumudu Irani Perera |
Editors |
Jeff Wilkesman, Liliana Kurz |
Abstract |
Gel zymography is a two-stage process where the proteins from the test sample are first separated by electrophoresis followed by the detection of the activity of hydrolytic enzymes. Many zymography procedures use sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) polyacrylamide gels copolymerized with an appropriate substrate. The procedure described here uses native polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) in the absence of both SDS and substrate. In order to visualize aspartic proteinase activity, the gel is impregnated in bovine hemoglobin at pH 3.0 for 15 min after the electrophoresis procedure. Subsequently, the gel is incubated in a humid container in the absence of hemoglobin for 1 h at 37 °C. At the end, the gel is stained with amido black and destained. Clear areas against a dark background corresponding to aspartic proteinase activities can be detected. |
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