(Section Headings): Developing Purification Procedures. General Methods for Handling Proteins and Enzymes. Optimization of Starting Materials. Preparation of Extracts and Subcellular Fractionation. Solubilization Procedures. Purification Procedures: Bulk Methods. Purification Procedures: Chromatographic Methods. Purification Procedures: Electrophoretic Methods. Specialized Purification Procedures. Characterization of Purified Proteins. Immunological Procedures. Additional Techniques. Concluding Remarks. Appendix: Personal Perspectives on Enzyme Purification. Author Index. Subject Index.
Key Features
* Detailed procedures newly written for this volume
* Extensive practical information
* Rationale and strategies for protein and enzyme purification
* Personal perspectives on enzyme purification by eminent
researchers
Among the Topics Covered
* General methods for handling proteins and enzymes
* Extraction, subcellular fractionation, and solubilization
procedures
* Comprehensive purification techniques
* Specialized purification procedures
* Protein characterization
* Immunological procedures
* Computer analysis of protein structure
Praise for the Volume
"Packed within this volume is much of the accumulated practical
wisdom of a century of biochemistry. When available at the bench,
it should become widely used for answering the endless questions
that arise in the research laboratory. The information is generous
in detail and accompanied by sage advice from sixty-nine
contributors who share the lessons of their wide experience.
The subject matter is in logical sequence, with early presentation
of general information for handling proteins that includes an
immensely useful table of fifty-four buffers, a discussion of seven
different methods for measuring protein quantity, ten pages on
maintenance of protein stability, a large section on
solubilization, two contributions on overexpression, and much more.
Preparation of extracts from the full spectrum of cell and
organelle types used in biochemistry is covered by eight authors.
About one-third of the book is devoted directly to purification
procedures, from ammonium sulfate precipitation methods of the last
century to the most advanced chromatographic and electrophoretic
methods of today. A large selection is concerned with the
characterization of purified proteins, and includes a computerized
interpretation of physical and analytical data.
The book has much else to recommend it in its readability and
thoughtful commentary. In a discussion on Setting Up a Laboratory,
Deutscher tells us that no laboratory ever has enough columns and
fraction collectors (Amen!). And J.M. Wozney observes that cloning
can be viewed as the ultimate purification step.
The book also offers a bonus in the reminiscent views of a few
masters of the art of protein purification: Arthur Kornberg...Earl
R. Stadtman, Kivie Moldave, and B.L. Horecker with O. Tsolas.
--Simon Black in ANALYTICAL BIOCHEMISTRY
"The freshness of Arthur Kornbergs introductory prose... takes the
mundane and often frankly tedious business of isolating proteins
onto another plane: 'Don't waste clean thinking on dirty enzymes'.
In the epilogue, other giants of biochemistry remind us of the
inherited wealth (often taken for granted) that we possess through
the study of purified proteins. Strong stuff for a practical
guide.
But then this is more than just a guide. It is a complete work. The
strategies described embody both classical and modern thinking. We
are told what to do to set up a separation laboratory in classic
terms (don't start with wall-to-wall FPLC). New biochemists
sometimes neglect their roots in physical chemistry. The chapters
on buffers, protein assay, and quantitation will repay study. The
editor has recognized that the everyday problems are protein
desalting, concentration, recovery and storage. The advice here is
comprehensive.
In summary, this is possibly the most important, comprehensive and
affordable work on protein purification to have appeared in recent
years. Librarians who want to retain it as a reference work will
have to put it behind glass and turn a page each day. This reviewer
is going to keep his copy at home." --TIBTECH
Praise for the Series
“The Methods in Enzymology series represents the gold-standard."
--NEUROSCIENCE
“Incomparably useful." --ANALYTICAL BIOCHEMISTRY
“It is a true 'methods' series, including almost every detail from
basic theory to sources of equipment and reagents, with timely
documentation provided on each page." --BIO/TECHNOLOGY
"The series has been following the growing, changing and creation
of new areas of science. It should be on the shelves of all
libraries in the world as a whole collection." --CHEMISTRY IN
INDUSTRY
"The appearance of another volume in that excellent series, Methods
in Enzymology, is always a cause for appreciation for those who
wish to successfully carry out a particular technique or prepare an
enzyme or metabolic intermediate without the tiresome prospect of
searching through unfamiliar literature and perhaps selecting an
unproven method which is not easily reproduced." --AMERICAN SOCIETY
OF MICROBIOLOGY NEWS
"If we had some way to find the work most often consulted in the
laboratory, it could well be the multi-volume series Methods in
Enzymology...a great work." --ENZYMOLOGIA
"A series that has established itself as a definitive reference for
biochemists. --JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY
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