[ccp4bb] Is it possible for the Tris buffer to strip the Zn ions from the Zinc Finger motif of a protein?

2010-05-21 Thread ruheng
Date: Sat, 22 May 2010 11:17:41 +0800 From: rh_ibp2...@hotmail.com Subject: [ccp4bb] To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Dear all, Recently, I am working on a complex which includes two protein subunits. The interaction was based on the Zinc Finger motif of one protein. I co-purified the complex

Re: [ccp4bb] Is it possible for the Tris buffer to strip the Zn ions from the Zinc Finger motif of a protein?

2010-05-25 Thread Guenter Fritz
Dear Heng, Tris forms only a very weak complex with Zn2+. It is unlikely that the problem arises from Tris. It might be simply that the complex dissociates in the presence of high imidazol when you elute the complex from the nickel column. Imidazol is a pretty good Zn2+ coordinating molecule. DTT i