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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
21
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-5-3
pubmed:abstractText
Separation of large bioactive molecules such as proteins, DNAs and RNAs using aqueous two-phase systems (ATPSs) and liquid-liquid partition-based counter-current chromatography (CCC) can avoid risks of sample loss and denaturation, and greatly reduce processing time. We have constructed toroidal columns (length 26-140 m, column volume 51-280 ml, bore size 1.6 mm) suitable for mounting onto a commercially available preparative CCC apparatus. With the use of an ATPS containing 12.5% (w/w) PEG1000 and 12.5% (w/w) K(2)HPO(4) and at a rotational speed of 800 rpm for the rotor of the CCC device, the lower phase (i.e. the phosphate-enriched phase) has been used as the mobile phase and a pair of proteins, myoglobin and lysozyme, as model proteins for demonstrating the separation capability of the CCC system. For a toroidal column with a length of 53.5 m and a column volume of 107.5 ml, and operated for the Coriolis force parallel flow mode at 0.62 ml/min, protein sample loading (containing 2.2 mg/ml myoglobin and lysozyme, respectively) at 1.7% and 7.4% to the column volume led to peak resolution (with theoretical plate number TP and stationary phase retention S(f) shown in the parenthesis) of R(s)=1.5 (N=211 and N=113 TP for myoglobin and lysozyme, respectively, and S(f)=45.0%), and R(s)=1.4 (218 and 152 TP, and S(f)=34.0%). However, further increase of the loading to 13% failed to separate the two proteins. Although proteins eluted at positions predictable from the distribution coefficients, they showed broader peaks when compared with small dipeptides under identical CCC operating conditions. This confirms that the molecular weight of the partitioned species is an important factor causing peak broadening on CCC chromatograms. These results paved the way for further scaling-up toroidal CCC columns for processing larger quantities of samples containing large biomolecules.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
1873-3778
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
21
pubmed:volume
1217
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3525-30
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Protein separation using toroidal columns by type-J synchronous counter-current chromatography towards preparative separation.
pubmed:affiliation
Brunel Institute for Bioengineering, Brunel University West London, Uxbridge, Middlesex UB8 3PH, UK. hugh.guan@hotmail.com
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't