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Effects of ampholyte concentration on protein behavior in on‐chip isoelectric focusing
Author(s) -
Shim Jaesool,
Dutta Prashanta,
Ivory Cornelius F.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
electrophoresis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.666
H-Index - 158
eISSN - 1522-2683
pISSN - 0173-0835
DOI - 10.1002/elps.200700683
Subject(s) - isoelectric focusing , chromatography , chemistry , isoelectric point , biochemistry , enzyme
Abstract The effects of mobility corrections on carrier ampholytes are studied at various ampholyte concentrations to understand protein behavior during IEF. IEF simulations are conducted in the presence of 25 biprotic carrier ampholytes within a pH range of 6–9 after applying the Onsager–Debye–Hückel correction to the carrier ampholytes. Two model proteins with ten charge states but without ionic strength corrections are allowed to focus under an electric field of 300 V/cm in a 1 cm long channel. The IEF simulation results show that higher ionic strengths (50 – 100 mM) cause significant changes in the transient movement as well as the final focused profiles of both ampholytes and proteins. The time required for a single, well‐defined peak to form increases with ionic strength when Onsager corrections are applied to the carrier ampholytes. For a particular ampholyte concentration, the space‐averaged conductivity does not change during the final focusing stage, but the magnitude of space averaged conductivity is different for different ampholyte concentration. The simulation results also reveal that at steady‐state ionic strength profiles remain flat throughout the channel except at the locations of proteins where a significant change in ampholyte concentration is obtained.