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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-1-22
pubmed:abstractText
A method of screening transformed bacterial colonies for introduction of a cysteine residue into an overexpressed protein is described. After treating SDS extracts of induced bacterial cells with fluorescein-5-maleimide, the proteins containing cysteine were visible on SDS-PAGE gels under ultraviolet light as fluorescent bands. If the wild-type protein contains no endogenous cysteine residues, then mutant proteins containing cysteine may be easily identified by their fluorescence. In addition, a shift in electrophoretic mobility of modified proteins was observed, with mutant proteins containing cysteine at more than one site exhibiting incremental decreases in electrophoretic mobility. This effect permits the detection of cysteine mutations even when endogenous cysteines are present. The described method allows the rapid screening of a large number of transformants.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
1046-5928
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
7
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
275-80
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-5-1
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
A method of screening for mutant proteins containing cysteine residues using fluorescein-5-maleimide.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biochemistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article