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The sensitivity that is achievable <strong>in</strong> sta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g is designated by:<br />

The amount of sta<strong>in</strong> that b<strong>in</strong>ds to the prote<strong>in</strong>s,<br />

The <strong>in</strong>tensity of the coloration,<br />

The difference <strong>in</strong> coloration between sta<strong>in</strong>ed prote<strong>in</strong>s and the residual<br />

background <strong>in</strong> the body of the gel (the signal-to-noise ratio).<br />

Unbound sta<strong>in</strong> molecules can be washed out of the gels without remov<strong>in</strong>g much<br />

sta<strong>in</strong> from the prote<strong>in</strong>s.<br />

Subsequent to the sta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g procedure, <strong>in</strong> order to analyze the spot detection,<br />

<strong>in</strong>tensity, size, and shape, background correction, gel match<strong>in</strong>g, normalization,<br />

quantification, etc. the gel images necessitate to be turned <strong>in</strong>to digital data by us<strong>in</strong>g a<br />

charge-coupled device (CCD) camera or a scanner. Follow<strong>in</strong>g, the image obta<strong>in</strong>ed from<br />

the CCD camera is analyzed by computer based software, such as DECODON Delta2D,<br />

PD Quest or Image J.<br />

F<strong>in</strong>ally, the spots are cut out from gel and digested (<strong>in</strong>-gel digestion) <strong>in</strong>to<br />

peptide fragments with tryps<strong>in</strong> enzyme to atta<strong>in</strong> the determ<strong>in</strong>ation of prote<strong>in</strong> spots<br />

(newly formed, lost or up- or down-regulated) <strong>in</strong> polyacrylamide gel. Next, these spots<br />

are identified us<strong>in</strong>g mass spectrometry and database searches.<br />

2.1.4.3. In-Gel Digestion<br />

In-gel digestion is the most widely used step of sample preparation for the mass<br />

spectrometric analysis of prote<strong>in</strong>s. Its significance is com<strong>in</strong>g from the prote<strong>in</strong> databases,<br />

because they are generated depend<strong>in</strong>g on the peptide masses that cause peptides<br />

preferable aga<strong>in</strong>st <strong>in</strong>tact prote<strong>in</strong>s. In addition to this, mass spectrometry can produce<br />

measurement errors with the <strong>in</strong>creas<strong>in</strong>g length of the peptide cha<strong>in</strong>.<br />

The method is <strong>in</strong>troduced by Rosenfeld <strong>in</strong> 1992. It can be applicable both one<br />

and two dimensional polyacrylamide gels (Rosenfeld et al., 1992).<br />

In most of the proteomic studies, tryps<strong>in</strong> is a universal choice ow<strong>in</strong>g to its<br />

exceptive properties as a protease for sequenc<strong>in</strong>g experiments with tandem mass<br />

spectrometry (MS/MS). It cleaves amide bonds <strong>in</strong> prote<strong>in</strong>s at the C-term<strong>in</strong>al side of<br />

lys<strong>in</strong>e and arg<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>e residues. It forms small peptides which are generally <strong>in</strong> the mass<br />

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