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Leucine incorporation is used as a measure of protein synthesis in aquatic bacteria communities. [39] Radio-labeled leucine is added to samples, and its accumulation into proteins, the hot trichloroacetic acid (CA)-insoluble parts of the cell is determined. [39] The samples are then collected on membrane filter. [39]
This is the activity of an enzyme per milligram of total protein (expressed in μmol min −1 mg −1). Specific activity gives a measurement of enzyme purity in the mixture. It is the micro moles of product formed by an enzyme in a given amount of time (minutes) under given conditions per milligram of total proteins. Specific activity is equal ...
BCA protein assay in a 96 well plate. The bicinchoninic acid assay (BCA assay), also known as the Smith assay, after its inventor, Paul K. Smith at the Pierce Chemical Company, [1] now part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, is a biochemical assay for determining the total concentration of protein in a solution (0.5 μg/mL to 1.5 mg/mL), similar to Lowry protein assay, Bradford protein assay or ...
The total time it takes to set up and complete the assay is under 30 minutes. [13] The entire experiment is done at room temperature. The Bradford protein assay can measure protein quantities as little as 1 to 20 μg. [14] It is an extremely sensitive technique. The dye reagent is a stable ready to use product prepared in phosphoric acid. It ...
Protein methods are the techniques used to study proteins.There are experimental methods for studying proteins (e.g., for detecting proteins, for isolating and purifying proteins, and for characterizing the structure and function of proteins, [1] often requiring that the protein first be purified).
The structure of the Bacterial Microcompartment shell. The first structure of a BMC shell, determined by X-ray crystallography and cryo-electron microscopy, [1] contains representatives of each of the shell protein types: BMC-P, BMC-H and BMC-T, in both its trimer (upper right) and dimer of trimer (lower right), forms. [Image: Todd Yeates]
Proteolysis in organisms serves many purposes; for example, digestive enzymes break down proteins in food to provide amino acids for the organism, while proteolytic processing of a polypeptide chain after its synthesis may be necessary for the production of an active protein.
Protein–protein docking, the prediction of protein–protein interactions based only on the three-dimensional protein structures from X-ray diffraction of protein crystals might not be satisfactory. [44] [45] Network analysis includes the analysis of interaction networks using methods of graph theory or statistical methods.