Assay of plant proteins with bicinchoninic acid for high resolution two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis.
A method is described for estimating proteins in the same plant tissue sample that is solubilized for separation by two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The method uses a modified bicinchoninic acid (BCA) protein assay procedure and a modified standard urea solubilization buffer to estimate microgram values of unknown protein concentration, in the presence of 9 M urea and 4% Nonidet P-40, from a linear standard curve. A method for a quantitative determination of protein concentration by BCA in a sample containing 9 M urea and 4% Nonidet P-40 is also described. This method is effective for the determination of proteins in minute non-green and green plant tissue, and is especially designed for vegetative and floral shoot apices, and the primordia of inflorescences.
Department of Biology, University of Northern Iowa, IA 50614, Cedar Falls, Iowa, USA.
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