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Preparative Nondenaturing Gel Electrophoresis
For preparative nondenaturing gel electrophoresis, a 3 cm high 7% acrylamide
(28 acrylamide:0.735 bis-acrylamide, pH 8.8) resolving gel and a 2 cm
high 2% acrylamide (1.6 acrylamide:0.4 bis-acrylamide, pH 6.6) stacking
gel were cast in the 28 mm ID gel tube of the Model 491 prep cell. The
resolving gel was polymerized in 374 mM Tris (pH 8.8) using 140 g/ml
ammonium persulfate and 1.12 l/ml TEMED. The stacking gel was polymerized
in 39 mM Tris (pH 6.6), 12.7% sucrose using 0.07% riboflavin-5-phosphate
(Bio-Rad) and 0.365 l/ml TEMED. Stacking gel polymerization was achieved
by exposure to two 5 W fluorescent lights for 45 min. Both gels were cooled
as per the Model 491 prep cell instruction manual during the polymerization
process. All acrylamide stock solutions were pretreated with AG 501-X8
mixed bed resin to remove any contaminating acrylic acid to prevent in
vitro acylation of proteins during the electrophoresis process. The preparative
gel was pre-electrophoresed for 10 min at 15 mA constant power in upper/lower
gel electrophoresis buffer containing 28.8 mM Tris, 192 mM glycine (pH
8.4, 4C). The elution buffer reservoir was filled with elution buffer
comprised of 28.8 mM Tris, 192 mM glycine, 2 mM DTT, and 0.1 mM NADP+
(pH 8.4, 4C). The entire Model 491 prep cell was cooled to 4C during
the electrophoresis process
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