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Procedure: Preparation of Whole Cell Lysate Note: cells and cell lysate have to

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Question

Procedure: Preparation of Whole Cell Lysate

Note: cells and cell lysate have to be kept on ice at all times to prevent proteolysis!

1. Add 200 l of cell lysis buffer (NP-40 buffer: 150 mM sodium chloride 1.0% NP-40 50 mM Tris pH 8.0)

2. Re-suspend the cells by gentle pipetting.

3. Incubate on ice for 30 min, gently vortexing every 5 min.

4. Spin down in microcentrifuge at top speed for 3 min.

5. Transfer the supernatant into a fresh tube. Incubate on ice.

TASK: Calculate final protein concentration in each of the standard (last column in the standard preparation chart).

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Tube # Standard Volume (microliters) Source of Standard dH2O Volume (microliters) Final Protein Concentration (microliters) 1 70 2 mg/ml stock 0

2

75 2 mg/ml stock 25 3 70 2 mg/ml stock 70 4 35 Tube 2 35 5 70 Tube 3 70 6 70 Tube 5 70 7 70 Tube 6 70 8 - - 70

Explanation / Answer

Calculation

Volume of Protein Standard (microlitre) x Starting Protein Concentration= Amount of protein (microlitre)

Tube

Standard Volume

(microlitre)

Source of standard

dH2O volume

(microlitre)

Final Protein Concentration (microlitre)

1

70

2 mg/ml stock

0

140

2

75

2 mg/ml stock

25

150

3

70

2 mg/ml stock

70

140

4

35

1 mg/ml stock

35

70

5

70

2 mg/ml stock

70

140

6

70

2 mg/ml stock

70

140

7

70

2 mg/ml stock

70

140

8

-

-

70

-

Tube

Standard Volume

(microlitre)

Source of standard

dH2O volume

(microlitre)

Final Protein Concentration (microlitre)

1

70

2 mg/ml stock

0

140

2

75

2 mg/ml stock

25

150

3

70

2 mg/ml stock

70

140

4

35

1 mg/ml stock

35

70

5

70

2 mg/ml stock

70

140

6

70

2 mg/ml stock

70

140

7

70

2 mg/ml stock

70

140

8

-

-

70

-

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