Amino acid analysis on polyvinylidene difluoride membranes

Analytical Biochemistry
G I TousS Stein

Abstract

A procedure for the amino acid analysis of proteins electrotransferred to polyvinylidene difluoride (PVDF) membranes is described. The proteins are first separated by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) and then electroblotted onto a PVDF membrane. After staining with Coomassie brilliant blue, the visualized protein bands are excised from the membrane. Each band is placed in a vial and subjected to gas-phase hydrolysis in 6 N HCl in a vacuum desiccator at 110 degrees C. The amino acids are extracted from the membrane into 0.1 N HCl/30% CH3OH and analyzed by reverse-phase HPLC using postcolumn o-phthalaldehyde-derivatizing reagent. The method was shown to give reproducible and reasonably accurate compositions for several proteins, as well as to provide an estimate of protein content. As little as 10 pmol of a 67-kDa protein can be determined.

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