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CN-GELFrEE – Clear Native Gel-eluted Liquid Fraction Entrapment Electrophoresis

Published: February 29, 2016
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Summary

This protocol describes how to prepare and perform clear native gel-eluted liquid fraction entrapment electrophoresis (CN-GELFrEE), a native separation technique for non-covalent biomolecular assemblies and proteins from heterogeneous samples that is compatible with various downstream protein analysis techniques.

Abstract

Protein complexes perform an array of crucial cellular functions. Elucidating their non-covalent interactions and dynamics is paramount for understanding the role of complexes in biological systems. While the direct characterization of biomolecular assemblies has become increasingly important in recent years, native fractionation techniques that are compatible with downstream analysis techniques, including mass spectrometry, are necessary to further expand these studies. Nevertheless, the field lacks a high-throughput, wide-range, high-recovery separation method for native protein assemblies. Here, we present clear native gel-eluted liquid fraction entrapment electrophoresis (CN-GELFrEE), which is a novel separation modality for non-covalent protein assemblies. CN-GELFrEE separation performance was demonstrated by fractionating complexes extracted from mouse heart. Fractions were collected over 2 hr and displayed discrete bands ranging from ~30 to 500 kDa. A consistent pattern of increasing molecular weight bandwidths was observed, each ranging ~100 kDa. Further, subsequent reanalysis of native fractions via SDS-PAGE showed molecular-weight shifts consistent with the denaturation of protein complexes. Therefore, CN-GELFrEE was proved to offer the ability to perform high-resolution and high-recovery native separations on protein complexes from a large molecular weight range, providing fractions that are compatible with downstream protein analyses.

Introduction

The majority of biological processes happening within a cell are thought to be carried out by protein assemblies rather than single proteins1. Consequently, in order to elucidate the specific biological role of a protein subunit in a cell it is necessary to understand its structural interactions with other proteins or ligands in complexes2. However, studying proteins natively, maintaining their non-covalent interactions and activity, remains challenging. One of the shortcomings of native protein studies is a suitable native separation technique that is compatible with various downstream protein analysis techniques. Therefore, recent interest in separation techniques capable of characterizing non-covalent assemblies of biomolecules has increased sharply3.

Protein separation techniques are imperative to biochemistry, biophysics and various other studies. Current native separation techniques have intrinsic deficiencies that reduce compatibility with downstream analyses, such as low resolution, low throughput, loss to precipitation, and the requirement of large amounts of initial sample. Tandem affinity purification is commonly used for protein interaction studies, but it has to be carried out separately for each protein target, causing it to be incompatible with high-throughput analysis4. Size exclusion chromatography5, selective precipitation with ion affinity chromatography5 and density-gradient separation6 all have provided native separations, but are inherently low-resolution techniques and require high initial sample amounts.

Alternatively, gel-based techniques, such as Blue Native (BN) and Clear Native (CN) PAGE (either 1-D or 2-D), display high-resolution separation. Furthermore, contrasting with other techniques mentioned, both native PAGE separations maintain solubility and native conformation of a broad range of macromolecule species, including hydrophobic proteins. This capability further broadens the proteome coverage reached by these methods7,8 and is achieved through different chemistry between CN and BN-PAGE. CN-PAGE commonly relies on soft charged detergents as carrier molecules, replacing the Coomassie Blue dye in BN-PAGE. BN-PAGE, although associated with higher resolution, has caveats such as reduced enzymatic activity in the separated proteins8 and Coomassie molecule adduct formation, the latter being greatly prejudicial to downstream MS analyses9. Both these methods, however, are traditionally associated with low recovery and narrow proteome coverage due to staining and gel extraction limitations7.

For the study of denatured proteins, there are several techniques that maintain macromolecule solubility while performing high-resolution fractionation with high protein recovery and that are compatible with diverse post-separation protein analysis techniques. Gel-Eluted Liquid Fraction Entrapment Electrophoresis (GELFrEE) is one of the fractionation techniques that fit all these characteristics. This method is largely applied in high-throughput top-down proteomics studies, indicating that it is fast and versatile. In GELFrEE, proteins are denatured and separated based on molecular weight through a tubular gel matrix, the porosity of which can be varied based on sample requirements and the desired fractionation results. Fractions are eluted in liquid phase, thus reducing the recovery limitations associated with SDS-PAGE while maintaining high resolution. Fraction aliquots can then be analyzed by 1-D PAGE for molecular-weight bandwidth selection11. There is high demand for the advantages associated with GELFrEE in native separation techniques. The method described herein, Clear Native GELFrEE (CN-GELFrEE), is a native adaptation of GELFrEE. In order to be compatible with a broad spectrum of macromolecules in their native state, this method relies not only on the soft CN-PAGE chemistry, but also on a porosity gradient separation, which reduces protein precipitation by eliminating the harsh transition between porosities present in discontinuous gel systems9. When applied to fractionate protein complexes extracted from mouse heart, eluted fractions displayed high recovery and a high-resolution separation of a wide range of molecular weights was obtained. Further, the resulting fractions are compatible with most downstream biochemical and biophysical protein analyses.

Protocol

Note: This video protocol is based on an associated publication9. Specific reagents, material and equipment necessary to perform all the steps described in this protocol are listed in the materials section. The recipes and information for preparation of all required solutions are itemized in Table 1.

1. Pouring of Gradient Tube Gels

  1. Assembling the Casting System
    1. Using a flame-heated razor blade or scalpel, cut a 20 ml serological pipette along an orthogonal section 10 cm from the top of the dispensing tip. Ensure that the cut surface is smooth. Keep the bottom piece (with the tip) and discard the top piece. Clamp the bottom pipette piece vertically (conical tip facing down) to a support stand.
      CAUTION: Do not touch the heated blade metal, use proper handles or a plier to avoid burns.
    2. Cut 3 cm of flexible tubing and connect it to the cut pipet by stretching it over the dispensing tip. Connect the flow control valve at the other end of the tube.
    3. Link the bottom of the valve to the dispensing tip of the gradient mixer using a piece of tubing. Keep the valve open.
    4. Set the gradient mixer on top of a magnetic stirrer. Place magnetic bars inside the mixing chambers.
    5. Position the dispensing tip of the gradient mixer 5-10 cm higher than the top of the pipette piece to allow for the gel to be poured by gravity.
    6. Test the system for leaks with deionized water. If no leaks are found, dry the system by blowing air inside it before continuing.
    7. Cover the top of the pipette piece with two or more layers of tape. Puncture a hole through the tape layers in the center of the circular opening. Ensure that the puncture is large enough for the glass tube to pass tightly through.
    8. Slide the glass tube, where the gel will be cast, through the punctured hole, stretching the tape so the glass fits tightly. Insert the glass tube so that the bottom of the tube is 2 mm above the pipette bottom.
    9. Check to see if the glass tube is held and centralized and is not touching the pipette wall once the system is prepared. The system is now ready for casting.
  2. Casting Gel
    1. Prepare gel buffer, APS and Coomassie solutions (solutions 1-3, Table 1).
    2. Prepare 12% T (solution 4, Table 1) and 1% T (solution 5, Table 1) separating gel solutions. Add 10 µl of Coomassie solution in the 12% T separating gel solution. Add APS and TEMED in both solutions immediately before pouring in gradient mixer.
      CAUTION: polyacrylamide is highly neurotoxic and gloves must be worn.
    3. Make sure the dispensing valve of the gradient mixer is closed. Add the 12% T separating gel solution to the mixing chamber farthest from the dispensing tip. Open the valve between both chambers and let the solution flow into the next chamber.
    4. Close the valve and pipette the dislocated 12% T separating gel solution back to the previous chamber. This is done to avoid air bubbles between chambers.
    5. Add the 1% T separating gel solution to the mixing chamber closest to the dispensing tip. Turn on the magnetic stirrer.
    6. Open both gradient mixer valves at the same time to allow the separating gel solutions to be mixed and to flow into the pipette and glass tube.
    7. Once the separating gel solutions in the gradient mixer are depleted, uncouple the tubing from the mixer and couple it to a 10 ml syringe. Make sure the end of the tube remains above the liquid level in the pipette until the syringe is firmly attached.
    8. Use the syringe to gently push the remaining separating gel solution from the tubing into the pipette and glass tube. Close the pipette valve before allowing air bubbles into it.
    9. Gently add a layer of about 0.25 ml of water-saturated butanol (solution 6, Table 1) on top of the gel solution inside the glass tube to seal the polymerization reaction from oxygen in air and to flatten the top meniscus.
    10. Clean the pouring apparatus immediately with deionized water (do not use detergent).
    11. Wait overnight for complete gel polymerization at room temperature.
  3. Detaching Gel Tube from Device and Storing
    1. On the following day, carefully peel the tape off the top of the device.
    2. Disconnect the valve from the tubing under the pipette. Release the pipette from the clamp and perform steps 1.3.3. and 1.3.4. over a sink.
    3. Couple a 10 ml syringe filled with deionized water to the flexible tubing. Push water through the tubing into the pipette, slowly sliding the polymerized gel out of the pipette.
    4. Hold the pipette horizontally and carefully secure the gel sliding out of the open end.
    5. Cut off excess polyacrylamide beneath and around the glass tube using a razor blade. Make sure to create a smooth end on the gel within the tube, by making it flush with the tip of the glass tube.
    6. Dispense any remaining butanol from the top side of the gel and set the gel tube in an uncapped 15 ml centrifuge tube. Mix 0.5 ml gel buffer (solution 1, Table 1) with 4.5 ml ultra-pure water and add about 2 ml of the solution to both the top side (within glass tube) and the bottom side (in centrifuge tube) of gel tube.
    7. Cover the full top side of the centrifuge tube, including the glass tube opening, with parafilm to prevent buffer evaporation. Gels can be stored at 4 °C for about 2 weeks.

2. Sample Preparation

  1. Weigh two mouse hearts and mince them in a Petri dish using a razor blade.
  2. Add the processed tissue to a mortar and add sufficient liquid nitrogen to cover the sample. Pulverize the tissue with a pestle, adding more liquid nitrogen when it evaporates.
  3. Once the tissue is thoroughly ground, let the nitrogen evaporate and add 1 ml of lysis buffer (solution 7, Table 1) at 4 °C for every 100 mg of tissue. Move solution into a centrifuge tube.
  4. Centrifuge at 2,000 x g for 5 min at 4 °C. Carefully collect the supernatant in a new tube and discard the pellet. Quantify the protein concentration in the supernatant using the bicinchoninic acid method12, or as preferred. Note: Native Cell lysates or subcellular fractions may be prepared as preferred. CN-GELFrEE is compatible with various different native sample preparations.
  5. Prepare the solubilization buffer solution and loading solution (solutions 8 and 9, Table 1).
  6. If the sample is a pellet, resuspend it in 50-150 µl of solubilization buffer. Keep the sample on ice for 15 min.
  7. Buffer exchange the resuspended sample or the cell lysate with solubilization buffer using a 30 kDa-MWCO ultra centrifugal filter.
  8. Centrifuge the protein sample at 4 °C and 10,000 x g for 5-10 min or until the retained fraction volume is down to approximately 20 µl. Discard the flow-through.
  9. Add 400 µl of solubilization buffer to the retained fraction and mix by pipetting. Centrifuge at 4 °C and 10,000 x g for 5-10 min or until the retained fraction is down to approximately 20 µl. Discard the flow-through.
  10. Repeat step 2.9 two additional times.
  11. Dilute the filtered sample (approximately 20 µl) in 100 µl of solubilization buffer.
  12. Add 20 µl of loading solution to sample.

3. CN-GELFrEE Device

  1. To perform CN-GELFrEE fractionation, manufacture the device parts by referring to a machine shop. Manufacture the device parts in Teflon. Please refer to Figure 1 for all information necessary to manufacture the parts and to Table 2 for the number of necessary parts for one device.
    Safety Considerations: Wear appropriate personal protective equipment. Care should be taken around the high-voltage power supplies, and all junctions should be correctly mounted. Do not touch the device or any adjacent wet area while voltage is on and maintain the surrounding bench area dry during the electrophoresis. Furthermore, the power supply should be completely turned off when handling the device and/or collecting fractions.
  2. Prepare the anode buffer and cathode buffer (solutions 10-11, Table 1) and keep them at 4 °C or in ice.
  3. Fit the top end of the gel tube (end without gel) through a spacer, an O-ring and a second spacer, in a "sandwich" fashion.
  4. Add the buffer chamber (cathode) after the second spacer, pass the screws fully through the side holes, add and tighten nuts to both sides. Ensure that the top end of the glass tube is fixed before the top aperture of the buffer chamber, not directly under it or past it.
  5. Fit the bottom end of the gel tube through a spacer, an O-ring, the collection chamber, and a second spacer.
  6. Add the buffer chamber (anode) after the second spacer, pass the screws fully through the side holes, add and tighten nuts to both sides. Ensure that the bottom end of the gel tube is fixed past the top aperture of the buffer chamber, close but not touching the back wall.
  7. Set the CN-GELFrEE device vertically with the cathode buffer chamber upwards using a support stand with clamps.
  8. Add anode buffer to the anode buffer chamber (bottom) and cathode buffer to the cathode buffer chamber (top). Keep all buffers at 4 °C.
  9. Remove air bubbles from inside the glass tube by gently tapping the glass tube and check the system for leakage.
  10. Make sure the platinum electrodes are in contact with the buffers in the chambers and that both gel tube ends are immersed in the buffer within each chamber.
  11. Connect power cords from the power supply to the respective banana plugs: negative on the cathode buffer chamber (top) and positive on the anode buffer chamber (bottom).
  12. Load the sample using a gel load tip to top surface of the gel, inside the gel tube.
  13. Run the gel at 1 W constant, to avoid overheating, until the red dye front is at the bottom of the gel tube.
    CAUTION: Turn off power supply before continuing.
  14. Discard anode and cathode buffers.
  15. Untighten the nuts by the anode buffer chamber and disassemble the bottom spacer and the chamber, maintaining a spacer and the O-ring. Place the bottom end of the gel tube inside the collection chamber, before the top aperture, not past or directly under it. Push the spacer and O-ring close to the collection chamber.
  16. Cut a piece of cellulose dialysis membrane and rehydrate it by immerging in anode buffer. Cover the aperture between the collection chamber and the bottom spacer using the dialysis membrane.
  17. Assemble the anode buffer chamber after the second spacer, add and tighten the screws and bolts.
  18. Lay the device horizontally over an ice bucket. Add fresh anode and cathode buffers to the buffer chambers and check the system for leakage.
  19. Add 150 µl of anode buffer into the collection chamber. Reconnect the power cords to the respective banana plugs.
  20. Turn on the power supply at 3 mA constant current. The dye front should then start to elute into the buffer in the collection chamber.
  21. When the entire dye front is eluted, turn off the power supply and collect the first fraction (0 min), transferring it into a low-protein binding microcentrifuge tube.
  22. Refill the collection chamber with 150 µl of anode buffer. Keep all the collected fractions on ice.
  23. Collect fractions after the following time intervals from collection of the first fraction: 2 min, 4 min, 6 min, 8 min, 10 min, 15 min, 20 min, 25 min, 30 min, 45 min and 60 min. Do not account for time while the power supply is off. Do not forget to turn off the power supply before collecting the fractions and to refill the collection chamber with 150 µl of anode buffer between samples. Turn power supply on again after collection to start eluting the next fraction.
  24. Dispense the anode and cathode buffers and add fresh solutions to the buffer chambers after 60 min. Collect fractions at 90 min and 120 min.
  25. Change anode and cathode buffers every hour.
  26. Run a clear native or a blue native PAGE with the fractions and stain it as preferred. Follow the manufacturer's instructions or preferred protocol.
  27. Run a reducing SDS-PAGE and stain it as preferred. Follow the manufacturer's instructions or preferred protocol.
  28. Clean up the GELFrEE fractions and submit to native mass spectrometry analyses as described previously9.

Figure 1
Figure 1: CN-GELFrEE device. (A) GELFrEE device parts drawings and (B) photograph of manufactured parts; (C) CN-GELFrEE device assembly scheme: (1) buffer chamber, (2) spacer, (3) O-ring, (4) gel tube, (5) collection chamber, and (6) dialysis membrane.

Table 1
Table 1: Table of solutions.

Table 2
Table 2: Table of GELFrEE device parts.

Representative Results

200 µg of proteins extracted from cryogenically ground mouse hearts were fractionated natively into 14 fractions of 150 µl each, using the CN-GELFrEE method in a 1-12% T gel tube. An aliquot of 10 µl of each fraction was run on a CN-PAGE slab gel and silver stained. A clear depiction of the fractionation and resolution obtained with CN-GELFrEE fractionation is shown in Figure 2A. Fractions were collected over two hours and the gel assay shows a consistent pattern of increasing molecular weights ranging from ~30 to 500 kDa. Each fraction contains species ranging in mass over ~100 kDa. Fractions display a low overlap of molecular-weight-ranges that is increasingly reduced as more collections happen between fractions. The CN-PAGE slab gel shown here represents only 6% of the protein recovered from each 150 µl fraction.

Each of the fractions eluted natively from CN-GELFrEE were subsequently reduced and denatured prior to running them on an SDS-PAGE slab gel. In the reducing SDS-PAGE slab gel (Figure 2B), it is possible to see mass shifts in all fractions when compared to the respective native fractions (Figure 2A), indicating that intact protein complexes were disassembled and disulfide bridges were reduced.

Figure 2
Figure 2: CN-GELFrEE separation of mouse heart cryogenic grinding extract. (A) Clear Native PAGE of CN-GELFrEE fractions collected at time intervals 0 to 120 min. Left: native molecular-weight ladder. (B) Reducing SDS-PAGE of same fractions as A. Left: reduced and denatured molecular-weight ladder.

Fractions can then be cleaned and submitted to native mass spectrometry analyses9. Native MS spectrum of the homodimeric malate dehydrogenase, identified in some of the GELFrEE fractions, shows a charge distribution between 16+ and 20+ and a molecular mass of 72,843 Da (Figure 3A). The 18+ charge state was isolated and collisionally-activated, resulting in the ejection of monomeric malate dehydrogenase with a molecular mass of 36,421.7 (Figure 3B). Source activation was applied to the intact complex in order to induce monomer ejection, allowing isolation and further fragmentation of the monomers. The fragmentation map of the 11+ monomer can be observed in Figure 3C. CN-GELFrEE was proven to be compatible with mass spectrometry analyses, showing no disruption of the noncovalent protein−protein interactions of macromolecular assemblies.

Figure 3
Figure 3: Mass spectra and fragmentation map of the homodimer malate dehydrogenase. (A) MS1 spectrum of the intact complex, (B) MS2 spectrum exhibiting monomer ejected from the complex, and (C) a fragmentation map obtained from the fragmentation of the monomer. The red N indicates that the N-terminal is acetylated.

Discussion

CN-GELFrEE is derived from the clear native (CN) PAGE buffer system that uses a mixture of anionic and neutral detergents as carrier molecules9 for molecular-weight-based protein fractionation through a gel matrix. The application of CN-GELFrEE to a native mouse heart protein extract generated low complexity fractions with discrete bandwidths while maintaining non-covalent interactions of biomolecular assemblies. Comparison of fractions between CN-PAGE and reducing SDS-PAGE slab gels showed mass shifts that demonstrate loss of non-covalent interactions between macromolecules in the fractions and breakage of disulfide bonds between protein chains. The results confirm the native character of the CN-GELFrEE separation.

Some steps in this protocol are critical and thus warrant more attention. First, after casting, the gel tube should be detached from the device slowly and the external polyacrylamide cut carefully. Failure to do so can damage the gel, causing air bubbles within the mesh or detaching the gel from the glass tube. These damages impair the separation resolution and should be thoroughly avoided. Secondly, during the electrophoresis, the electric resistance of the system will increase overtime, generating heat, thus it is very important to either perform the procedure in a cold chamber or to move the device to an ice bucket after the sample has been loaded in the gel, in order not to denature the loaded proteins by heat. Furthermore, it is important to mind some key limitations of the technique when performing the described protocol. High protein loads can reduce CN-GELFrEE resolution. Overloading, especially of samples where a few species are more abundant, will cause those protein species to be eluted through a number of consecutive fractions. For mouse cryogenically ground samples, the best results were seen with amounts between 200 and 400 µg, but this behavior is sample-dependent. Also, high levels of salt in the sample will alter the electrophoretic properties of proteins, altering the band pattern and reducing the fractionation resolution. These critical steps and limitations should be accounted for during the performance of this protocol to achieve better results.

Furthermore, CN-GELFrEE was shown to have multiple highly demanded characteristics in native chromatography. This simple separation method achieves high-resolution fractionation of protein complexes, accepting high amounts of protein load and fractionating through a wide range of molecular weights. CN-GELFrEE was also proven to be very versatile, being capable of fractionating biological samples from a large variety of organisms and different preparations9.

Moreover, the liquid fraction elution in this technique enables high protein recovery that is not observed in other gel-based native separations. In addition, unlike other methods that elute assemblies in liquid phase, CN-GELFrEE does not reduce sample concentration. In fact, the protocol described herein increases the concentration of each protein assembly by ~2-fold from sample to fractions. Finally, the liquid samples this method generates are readily compatible with various downstream biochemical and biophysical native-protein analyses, including mass spectrometry. After a single clean up step we were able to identify and characterize, through native mass spectrometry, unknown protein complexes in CN-GELFrEE fractions, further demonstrating the native fashion and compatibility between these techniques.

Similarly to denaturing GELFrEE, this novel native fractionation technique is also highly adaptable. The concentrations of casting solutions may be adjusted to create different gradient gels, in order to vary the molecular-weight range that is resolved during a run. Increasing the %T of the separation gel solutions results in high resolution of lower mass species while decreasing it improves separation of high molecular weight species. The collection times through which the experiment is carried out can also be adapted in order to optimize the molecular-weight bandwidths achieved in each fraction as needed. Extended experiment time above 120 min will generate even higher molecular-weight ranges than depicted in this protocol. In addition, reducing time between fraction collection can reduce the complexity in each fraction. Therefore, multiple parameters can be easily fine-tuned, optimizing the use of the technique to different studies.

In conclusion, CN-GELFrEE advantages occupy a gap in the field of native separation techniques presenting high-resolution separation in a wide-range of molecular weights, high protein recovery, and accepting high amounts of protein load. Finally, the resulting fractions are compatible with most downstream native and denaturing protein analysis techniques.

Divulgazioni

The authors have nothing to disclose.

Acknowledgements

The W. M. Keck Foundation generously provided funding for this work. This material is based upon work supported by FAPERJ research grant 100.039/2014 from the government of Rio de Janeiro State – Brazil for R.D.M., Science Without Borders scholarship 88888.075416/2013-00 from the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel, under the government of Brazil, for H.S.S., the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship under fellowship number 2014171659 for O.S.S., and by CNPq research grant 202011/2012-7 from the government of Brazil for L.H.F.D.V. P.C.H. is a recipient of a Northwestern University's Chemistry of Life Processes Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship Award.

Materials

Reagents
30% acrylamide/bis solution, 37.5:1 Bio-Rad 161-0158 This solution is neurotoxic.
6-aminohexanoic acid (ε-aminocaproic acid) Sigma-Aldrich A2504 This chemical is an irritant.
Ammonium persulfate (APS) Fisher Scientific 7727-54-0 This chemical is flammable, toxic, and corrosive.
Coomassie blue G250 Bio-Rad 161-0406
Dodecylmaltoside Sigma-Aldrich D4641 This chemical is an irritant.
Ethylene glycol tetraacetic acid (EGTA) FLUKA 3777 This chemical is toxic.
Ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid (EDTA) Fisher Scientific BP120 This chemical is toxic.
Glycerol Fisher Scientific 56-81-5
Imidazole Sigma-Aldrich I2399
Liquid nitrogen Any supplier n/a Store liquid nitrogen in containers
designed for low-temperature
liquids
Mouse heart Bioreclamation LLC MSE-HEART
n-butanol Fisher Scientific 71-36-3 This chemical is flammable and toxic.
Ponceau S Sigma-Aldrich BP103
Protease Inhibitor Cocktail Thermo Fisher Scientific 78430 This chemical is toxic.
Sodium deoxycholate Sigma-Aldrich 30970 This chemical is an irritant.
Sucrose JTBaker 4097
Tetramethylethylenediamine (TEMED) Bio-Rad 161-0800 This chemical flammable and irritant.
Tris-HCl Amresco M151
Trycine Bio-Rad 161-071
Name Company Catalog Number Comments
Equipment
Gradient mixer Hoefer SG15
Magnetic stir  Any supplier n/a
Magnetic bars  Any supplier n/a Small enough to fit inside the gradiet mixer chambers.
Power supply Bio-Rad 164-5056 Voltage up to 1,500 V
Refrigerated centrifugue Eppendorf 022622552 Up to 15,000 x g
Name Company Catalog Number Comments
Materials
15 mL conical tube Any supplier n/a
30-kDa-MWCO ultra centrifugal filter Millipore UFC503096
Flexible tubing Saint-Gobain B000FOV1J0 Approximately 1 m length
Ice bucket Any supplier n/a
Liquid/air metallic or plastic valve. (e.g. aquarium air/water flow control lever valve) Any supplier  n/a Aquarium valves are compatible.
Mortar and pestle Any supplier n/a
Native PAGE 3-12% T slab gel Invitrogen BN1003
Parafilm Bemis PM-996
Petri dish Fisher Scientific 08-757-13
Protein low bind tube 1.5 mL Eppendorf 022431081
Razor blade IDL Tools TE05-091C
Regenerated cellulose dialysis tubing 3,500 MWCO Fisher Scientific 21-152-9
SDS-PAGE slab gel for any kDa Bio-Rad 456-9036
Serological pipets (25 ml) VWR 89130-900
Syringe (10 ml) Any supplier n/a

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Melani, R. D., Seckler, H. S., Skinner, O. S., Do Vale, L. H. F., Catherman, A. D., Havugimana, P. C., Valle de Sousa, M., Domont, G. B., Kelleher, N. L., Compton, P. D. CN-GELFrEE – Clear Native Gel-eluted Liquid Fraction Entrapment Electrophoresis. J. Vis. Exp. (108), e53597, doi:10.3791/53597 (2016).

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