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ion exchange chromatography - (Jul/17/2008 )

hi all,
i am trying to get rid of some high molecular weight impurities in my protein sample which remain after affinity purification on a his bind resin. i am performing this purification on a large scale and have been looking into using anion exchange chromatography on a AKTA purifier to get my pure protein. i was just wondering what buffer would be suitable for a protein with a pI of 4.95 (could i just use Tris at pH8 and if not why?) on a hitrap Q HP column? any ideas?
thanks in advance for your help!

-proteinZ!-

QUOTE (proteinZ! @ Jul 17 2008, 09:38 AM)
hi all,
i am trying to get rid of some high molecular weight impurities in my protein sample which remain after affinity purification on a his bind resin. i am performing this purification on a large scale and have been looking into using anion exchange chromatography on a AKTA purifier to get my pure protein. i was just wondering what buffer would be suitable for a protein with a pI of 4.95 (could i just use Tris at pH8 and if not why?) on a hitrap Q HP column? any ideas?
thanks in advance for your help!

Use salt gradient prepared in tris 8.0 is fine.

-genehunter-1-

If the difference in MWts is large enough, and the volume is small enough, you could centricon using a membrane with a cutoff between the two MWts.

Alternately, concentrate the whole thing and separate on a size exclusion column.

-swanny-