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Remove salts from proteins with molecular weight M r > 5 000.<br />
Use 100 mM ammonium acetate or 100 mM ammonium hydrogen carbonate if volatile<br />
buffers are required.<br />
Specific sample preparation steps<br />
Specific sample preparation steps may be required if the crude sample is known to contain<br />
contamininants such as lipids, lipoproteins or phenol red that may build up on a column or<br />
if certain gross impurities, such as bulk protein, should be removed before any chromatographic<br />
step.<br />
Fractional precipitation<br />
Fractional precipitation is frequently used at laboratory scale to remove gross impurities<br />
from small sample volumes, <strong>and</strong> occasionally used in small-scale commercial production.<br />
Precipitation techniques separate fractions by the principle <strong>of</strong> differential solubility. Because<br />
protein species differ in their degree <strong>of</strong> hydrophobicity, increased salt concentrations can<br />
enhance hydrophobic interactions between the proteins <strong>and</strong> cause precipitation. Fractional<br />
precipitation can be applied to remove gross impurities in three different ways, as shown in<br />
Figure 74.<br />
Clarification<br />
Bulk proteins <strong>and</strong><br />
particulate matter<br />
precipitated<br />
Supernatant<br />
Extraction Clarification<br />
Concentration<br />
Target protein precipitated<br />
with proteins <strong>of</strong> similar<br />
solubility<br />
Extraction Clarification<br />
Bulk proteins <strong>and</strong><br />
particulate matter<br />
precipitated<br />
Concentration<br />
Target protein<br />
precipitated<br />
with proteins<br />
<strong>of</strong> similar<br />
solubility<br />
Redissolve<br />
pellet*<br />
<strong>Chromatography</strong><br />
Remember: if precipitating agent is<br />
incompatible with next purification step,<br />
TM<br />
use Sephadex G-25 for desalting <strong>and</strong><br />
buffer exchange e.g. HiTrap Desalting<br />
or PD-10 columns<br />
Redissolve<br />
pellet*<br />
*Remember: not all proteins are easy<br />
to redissolve, yield may be reduced<br />
Fig. 74. Three ways to use precipitation.<br />
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