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ArticleAdvances in experimental medicine and biology2017

Considerations for Sample Preparation Using Size-Exclusion Chromatography for Home and Synchrotron Sources.

Robert P Rambo

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Article in Advances in experimental medicine and biology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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Robert P RamboDiamond Light Source Ltd., Harwell Science & Innovation Campus, Didcot, OX11 0DE, UK. robert.rambo@diamond.ac.uk.
Diamond Light Source · GB

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Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The success of a SAXS experiment for structural investigations depends on two precise measurements, the sample and the buffer background. Buffer matching between the sample and background can be achieved using dialysis methods but in biological SAXS of monodisperse systems, sample preparation is routinely being performed with size exclusion chromatography (SEC). SEC is the most reliable method for SAXS sample preparation as the method not only purifies the sample for SAXS but also almost guarantees ideal buffer matching. Here, I will highlight the use of SEC for SAXS sample preparation and demonstrate using example proteins that SEC purification does not always provide for ideal samples. Scrutiny of the SEC elution peak using quasi-elastic and multi-angle light scattering techniques can reveal hidden features (heterogeneity) of the sample that should be considered during SAXS data analysis. In some cases, sample heterogeneity can be controlled using a small molecule additive and I outline a simple additive screening method for sample preparation.

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Scattering, Small AngleBuffersChromatography, GelExcipientsHumansPhosphatesProtein AggregatesProtein ConformationProteinsSpecimen HandlingSucroseSynchrotronsX-Ray DiffractionBuffersExcipientsPhosphatesProtein AggregatesProteinsSucroseAdditivesAggregationMALSMonodispersityPhosphateQELSSECStabilitySucroseTotal scattered intensity

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PMID29218552
PMCPMC6126186
OpenAlexW2773198084

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