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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-3-22
pubmed:abstractText
Pre-fractionation of a complex mixture of proteins increases the resolution in analytical separations of proteins from cells, tissues or organisms. Here we demonstrate a novel method for pre-fractionation of membrane proteins by a detergent-based aqueous two-phase system. Membrane proteins are strongly under-represented in proteomic studies based on two-dimensional electrophoresis (2-DE). As a model system, we have isolated mitochondria from the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Mitochondrial proteins were fractionated in an aqueous two-phase system consisting of the polymer poly(ethylene glycol) and either of two commonly used non-ionic detergents, Triton X-114 or dodecyl maltoside (DDM). Soluble proteins partitioned mainly to the polymer phase while membrane proteins were enriched in the detergent phase, as identified from one-dimensional electrophoresis (1-DE) and/or 2-DE followed by mass spectrometric analysis. Pre-fractionation was further enhanced by addition of an anionic detergent, sodium dodecyl sulfate, or a chaotropic salt, NaClO4, and by raising the pH in the system. The two-phase system pre-fractionation was furthermore combined with an alternative two-dimensional high-resolution separation method, namely ion-exchange chromatography and 1-DE. By this approach a larger number of membrane proteins could be identified compared to separation with conventional 2-DE. Thus, pre-fractionation of complex protein mixtures using the aqueous two-phase systems developed here will help to disclose larger proportions of membrane proteins in different proteomes.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0021-9673
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
12
pubmed:volume
1029
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
113-24
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-1-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Protein pre-fractionation in detergent-polymer aqueous two-phase systems for facilitated proteomic studies of membrane proteins.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biochemistry, Center for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, SE-22100 Lund, Sweden.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article