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ArticleJournal of immunological methods2013

Determination of protein concentration for protein-protein conjugates using ultraviolet absorption.

Daming Zhu, Feng Qian, Yimin Wu, David S Jones, Christopher Rowe, David L Narum, Patrick Duffy, Louis H Miller, Allan Saul

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Article in Journal of immunological methods, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Daming ZhuLaboratory of Malaria Immunology and Vaccinology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD 20852, USA. dzhu@niaid.nih.gov
Feng Qian
Yimin Wu
David S Jones
Christopher Rowe
David L Narum
Patrick Duffy
Louis H Miller
Allan Saul
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · USNational Institutes of Health · US

Funding

Vaccines to Interrupt Malaria Transmission: Clinical DevelopmentZIAAI001009 · NIAID · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES · PI DUFFY, PATRICK · 2009 to 2025
$84.8M
Mali International Center for Excellence in Research: Malaria Clinical ResearchZIAAI001056 · NIAID · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES · PI DUFFY, PATRICK · 2009 to 2024
$43.1M
Malaria Parasite Receptors And Host Cell LigandsZIAAI000241 · NIAID · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES · PI MILLER, LOUIS · 2009 to 2025
$15.3M
Intramural NIH HHS Z99 AI999999NIAID NIH HHS Y99 AI999999
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The present study reports a method to determine the total protein concentration or concentration of a protein of interest in a protein-protein conjugate using ultraviolet absorption, after determining the molar ratio of proteins in the conjugates, from which an extinction coefficient can be calculated. A Microsoft Excel solver-based template using amino acid analysis data was developed for determining the molar ratio. The percent mass of each protein in the conjugate is calculated from the amino acid composition data using the least squares method in the Microsoft Excel solver function, and the percent mass is converted to molar portion of each protein using corresponding molecular weight. A molar ratio is obtained by dividing the molar portion of protein 1 by the molar portion of protein 2. A weighted extinction coefficient is calculated using the molar ratio, and the total protein concentration is determined using ultraviolet absorption at 280 nm. The accuracy of the method was verified using mixtures of known proteins. The present study provides a rapid, simple and accurate method for determining protein concentration in protein-protein conjugates.

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AlgorithmsAmino AcidsChemistry Techniques, AnalyticalHydrolysisMolecular WeightPeptidesProteinsReproducibility of ResultsSoftwareSpectrophotometry, UltravioletAmino AcidsPeptidesProteins

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PMID23098838
PMCPMC3529773
OpenAlexW2122551979

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