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Chromatography-Coupled SAXS

Biological small-angle X-ray scattering experiments can be performed in-line with liquid chromatography. In these experiments, protein sample is injected onto a protein purification column[1]. Typically, size-exclusion chromatography is used, as it has a constant buffer composition that does not complicate future buffer subtraction. The eluting protein travels immediately into the X-ray beam. A major benefit of this technique is that it removes aggregation from samples. Small-angle scattering is extremely sensitive to large species in solution because X-ray scattering intensity scales proportionally with the square of a molecule's mass[2]. In a non-homogenous protein sample, aggregates will often dominate the signal. By separating out aggregated species immediately prior to entrance into the SAXS beam, this problem is partially alleviated. Chromatography-coupled SAXS can also be used to separate protein species in a mixture, such as different oligomeric states. However, this technique can be limited by chromatography resolution as well as possible interconversion of species during and after elution.

  1. ^ Yang, Sichun (2014-05-30). "Methods for SAXS-Based Structure Determination of Biomolecular Complexes". Advanced Materials. 26 (46): 7902–7910. doi:10.1002/adma.201304475. ISSN 0935-9648. PMC 4285438. PMID 24888261.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: PMC format (link)
  2. ^ Meisburger, Steve P.; Thomas, William C.; Watkins, Maxwell B.; Ando, Nozomi (2017-05-30). "X-ray Scattering Studies of Protein Structural Dynamics". Chemical Reviews. 117 (12): 7615–7672. doi:10.1021/acs.chemrev.6b00790. ISSN 0009-2665. PMC 5562295. PMID 28558231.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: PMC format (link)