Analytical Biochemistry 1992-12-01

A specific stain for the detection of nonheme iron proteins in polyacrylamide gels.

L M Leong, B H Tan, K K Ho

Index: Anal. Biochem. 207(2) , 317-20, (1992)

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Abstract

Nonheme iron proteins can be visualized as blue bands in native polyacrylamide gels using a staining method that is both simple and rapid. The reaction of potassium ferricyanide with protein-bound iron atoms to form royal blue complexes occurs almost instantaneously and is sensitive enough to detect 1 microgram of analytical-grade ferritin and 2 micrograms of purified ferredoxin from cyanobacteria. No special treatment of reagents or apparatus was necessary. On comparison, this stain was found to be more specific than the Ferene S stain, not detecting bovine serum albumin even when present as a hundredfold excess over ferritin. The method was found to be effective for isoelectric focusing gels as well.

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