Use the following information for all questions in this exercise. Protein information: TEVP: Extinction coefficient: 32,290 M-1cm-1, MW: 28.6...

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Use the following information for all questions in thisexercise.

Protein information:

TEVP: Extinction coefficient: 32,290M-1cm-1, MW: 28.6 kD

GFP-POI: Extinction coefficient: 63,300M-1cm-1, MW: 65.9 kD

GFP: Extinction coefficient: 30,430M-1cm-1, MW: 32.1 kD

POI: Extinction coefficient: 32,850M-1cm-1, MW: 33.8 kD

A protein sample of 10 mls, A280 0.655, containing aHis-tagged GFP-linked protein with TEV site was treated with 50 ?lsof 1 mg/ml His-tagged TEV protease, then applied to a Ni-NTAcolumn. We will assume that the TEV protease was complete with itsreaction. The following represent the pooled fractions from eachelution.

Initial flow through + 2 mls column wash: 12 mls,A280 = 0.283

Remaining column wash and low Im buffer had no significantabsorbance  

High Im buffer: 6 mls, A280 = 0.534

Questions:

1) What is the amount of GFP-POI in nanomoles?

- I know we use Beer's Law; however, I do not know whatabsorbance value we should be using.

2) What is the amount of TEVP added in nanomoles?

3) What is the concentration of the POI (in mg/ml)

4) Based on this concentration, convert the POI to nanomoles andcompare to the amount of GFP-POI. If they are the same, then we canassume the initial pool of GFP-POI was pure. If they are different,then there must have been an impurity present. Is your sample pure?Answer yes or no:

5) What is the absorbance due to TEVP in the pooled fractionsthat contain it?

*Note: More info on topic - High imidazole buffer should eluteboth GFP and TEVP.

Please help, and thank you!

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SolutionThe experiment simplifiedWe have a protein of interest POI having ahistag b TEV protease site and c a fused GFP Example likethis We have incubated our POI with tags andinfusions histagged TEV proteaseTEV protease has cleaved all the his tags and GFP from our POISo now our protein is free of his tag and GFPWe pass the solution through NiNTA column that can stronglybind his tags TEV protease has his tags cleaved his tags with GFPwill bind the column stronglyThe flowthrough will collect the unbound fractions which weexpect to be our cleaved protein of interest POI If our proteinnonspecifically has mild interactions with the    See Answer
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