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Lawrence, A., Besir, H. Staining of Proteins in Gels with Coomassie G-250 without Organic Solvent and Acetic Acid. J. Vis. Exp. (30), e1350, doi:10.3791/1350 (2009).
Hi, This is very clear and easy way of staining the gels. I would like to know the consequences of using acetic acid and organic solvents in staining the proteins electrophoresd using polyacrylamide gels, or what was is this method advantageous than the traditional coomassie staining using acetic acid and methanol ? your replies are appreciated
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Hi, as indicated in the article, the main factors for using this method are avoiding organic solvents and acetic acid for safety reasons and the speed of staining. This method has a lower sensitivity compared to longer protocols but for our applications the speed of staining compensates that. We haven't analyzed the effect of using organic solvents or acetic acid versus HCl in water, so I can't tell you if e.g. the fixation of the proteins in the gel is affected or more protein is dissolved from the gel leading to lower sensitivity. I hope this answers your questions. Best regards Hüseyin
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Hi, May we have a pdf version of your method ? Also, at what temperature the solutions can be heated ? Is your method compatible with mass spectrometry-based micriosequencing ?
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Hi, there should be a link to the pdf-file on the page of the video. If you cant find it, please contact me at www.embl.de/services/core_facilities/pepcore/members/index.php?s_personId=4403. As described, we heat the gel in the microwave oven for about 10 sec so it's getting hot without boiling. I guess it's about 70-80°C. As you may know, you should not heat a gel in the microwave if you want to do mass spec. afterwards as you will decrease the efficiency of extraction of protein bands from the gel. Additionally, the sensitivity of this fast method is lower than for some Coomassie protocols optimized for high sensitivity so it may not be ideal for very low protein amounts (<10 ng). Best regards
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Hi, there should be a link to the pdf-file on the page of the video. If you cant download it, please contact me at www.embl.de/services/core_facilities/pepcore/members/index.php?s_personId=4403. As described, we heat the gel in the microwave oven for about 10 sec so it's getting hot without boiling. I guess it's about 70-80°C. As you may know, you should not heat a gel in the microwave if you want to do mass spec. afterwards as you will decrease the efficiency of extraction of protein bands from the gel. Additionally, the sensitivity of this fast method is lower than for some Coomassie protocols optimized for high sensitivity so it may not be ideal for very low protein amounts (<10 ng). Best regards
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Hi,
Thank you for this method. However, I would like to know is there some special procedure when using this method with Protein Agarose gel electrophoresis? I tried with Agarose gel but it appears the entire gel is stained permanently blue. Have you tried this method with agarose gel or modified it for such purpose?
Thank you.
Posted by: Dominic AgyeiSeptember 28, 2011, 8:48 AM
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Hi,
we haven't tried this with agarose gels, but I'm sure you need to do some modification of the procedure. The most important one would be avoiding the microwave step for washing and staining. This would obviously damage the agarose gel. As far as I know the destaining of agarose gels can take much longer compared to poly-acrylamide gels. Not sure if due to larger pore size thus more dye inside the gel or higher affinity of the dye to agarose due to more polar structure of agarose, maybe both. I hope that helps.
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Hi,
I just want to say how I'm thankful because of sharing this very wonderful fast method by this site. It helped me to have more clear gels and to save the time.
Thank you again!
Hanie
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It seems the protocol is simple and easy. I will try. If I want to make just 100mL of staining solution, I would take 6mg dye, 100mL water and 0.3mL HCL. Does this work?
Posted by: Kiranmayee. PFebruary 13, 2012, 12:34 AM
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Hi,
I can say, It works, especially when your protein concentration on gel lanes is high enough (according to my own experience). Give it a try!
Be lucky
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We are using this method but have encountered an occasional glitch... our gels are blue with negative (transparent) bands where the protein should be.... We are considering the possibility that this is the result of insufficient washing prior to staining, but this is not consistent with the gel that you have shown (which was not washed enough).
This is very clear and easy way of staining the gels. I would like to know the consequences of using acetic acid and organic solvents in staining the proteins electrophoresd using polyacrylamide gels, or what was is this method advantageous than the traditional coomassie staining using acetic acid and methanol ?
your replies are appreciated
regards,
Rajesh
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ReplyPosted by: AnonymousAugust 17, 2009, 2:23 AM