Lecture and Lab Experiment Schedule (Spring 2007)

 

 Pease Note: For each lab session:

  1. Please thoroughly read the appropriate material in Fundamental Approaches for Biochemistry and Biotechnology by Ninfa and Ballou (N&B).
  2. Check the Lecture and Laboratory Notes webpage for additional information.
  3. Prepare a Flow Chart for each day's experiments (see Course Information: Flow Chart).
  4. You will need Adobe Acrobat in order to download protocols that are not covered by your text.

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Important Administration Dates

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Feb. 12

Last day to drop without Drop/Add form

Mar. 11

Last day to drop with a "W" using a Drop/Add form

Date

Experiment

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Protocol

Special Notes

Th,Jan.17

Introduction to BIOC 463a: Orientation, Course Objectives, and Expectations.

 

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Please read Syllabus thoroughly.

 

Lecture will meet in Shantz 247 for morning and afternoon classes.

 

Tu,Jan.22

Preparation and Characterization of Buffers

Ch.1

Exp_1.pdf

Lecture Notes for Expt. 1.

See Lab Report.pdf for instructions on writing you reports. Please have Tables filled out prior to coming to class for all but the raw data.

Th,Jan.24

Buffers cont'd

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Tu, Jan.29

Absorbance Spectra of PNPOH and PNPO-.

Detemination of the Extinction Coefficient for PNP.

Ch.2

Exp_2.pdf

Lecture Notes for Expt. 2.

Th,Jan.31

Determination of the pKa of PNP in Phosphate Buffer and the Effect of Alcohol on the pKa.

Ch.2

Exp_2.pdf

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Tu,Feb.5

Colorimetric Determination of Protein Concentation: Lowry, BCA, and Bradford Assays.

Ch.3

Exp_3.pdf

Lecture Notes for Expt. 3.

Th,Feb.7

Determination of Protein Concentration: A280 Method and the Effect of DNA on the A260/A280 ratio.

Determination of Protein Concentration: Heme Chromophore Methods

Ch.3

Exp_3.pdf

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Tu,Feb.12

Size Exclusion and Ion Exchange Chromatography

Ch.4

Exp_4_1.pdf

Lecture Notes for Expt. 4

Th,Feb.14

Affinity Chromatography (Beta-galactosidase purification)

Ch.4

Expt. 4.2 (N&B).

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Tu,Feb.19

 

SDS-PAGE

Ch.5

Expt_5.pdf

.Lecture Notes for PAGE

Th,Feb.21

Native PAGE and Performing Enzyme Assays on a native gel.

Ch.5

Expt_5.pdf

We will assay for the presence of beta-galactosidase and alkaline phosphatase on the same gel. For beta-gal, we will use the same ONPG assay as before.

Tu,Feb.26

Th,Feb.28

Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics

 

Ch.5 (pps. 143-145). Please refer to your 462 textbook for additional information

All information will be online, see links on homepage.

Class will begin at 9 am and 1 pm in BSW 243.

Tu,Mar.4

Western Transfer of Alkaline Phosphatase

Day 1: Running the SDS-PAGE gel and doing the Western Transfer.

 

We will hand out the reading material for this procedure in class.

Western Blots.pdf

We will begin class in Koffler 540 at 8 am and 1 pm.

There are no official lecture notes, however a lot of background information will be in the handout.

Th,Mar.6

Western Transfer of Alkaline Phosphatase

Day 2: Binding of Antibody and performing the colorimetric assay.

 

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Tu,Mar.11

Ligand Binding Equilibrium (Avidin and HABA)

Ch.10 pps.

Expt. 10-1.pdf and Expt. 10-1 Objectives 1,2, and 3.

Lecture Notes for Ligand Binding

Helpful Hints: 1. Most Kd values fall into the range of 10(-6) and 10(-5) M range. 2. Keep A500 <= 0.2.

We will first do a titration of Avidin using HABA, from which you can determine Kd.

Note: non-specific binding (N&B pps. 268-269) may be observed. Your [LR] needs to be corrected if seen.

Kd will be determined from Double Reciprocal plot, Scatchard plot, and Non-linear regression analysis of hyperbolic data using ORIGIN.

Th,Mar.13

Competitive Ligand Binding Assay:

Back Titration of HABA:Avidin complex with Biotin.

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Once Kd for HABA has been determined, you will set up a competitive ligand experiment where [HABA]> >> Kd. Why is this important (see N&B, pps. 260-261). The HABA:Avidin complex will the be titrated with Biotin, from which it should be possible to determine a value for Kd for Biotin.

Tu,Mar.25

Th,Mar.27

Molecular Biology Module, Isolation of the Cus F-YFP plasmid, restriction digestion, and transformation of plasmid into competent E. Coli cells

 

Ch 11. in N&B for general information

CusF-YFP expt.

N&B has general information about routine molecular biology procedures and techniques. We will provide specific details about this expt prior to class.

Tu,Apr.1

 

Th,Apr.3

Molecular Graphics meet in.

 

Two-Thirds Exam (~60 minutes)

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For Review and Exam we will meet:

Morning class: 9 am in Koffler 540

Afternoon class: 1 pm in Koffler 540

Tu,Apr.8

Alkaline Phosphatase (AP) Purification: Stage 1 Enzyme, Spheroplasts and Activity Assays.

Chs. 6 and 7.

Expt. 7-1 (N&B). Day One: Stage 1 Enzyme

Lecture Notes: Protein_purification.pdf

Make a copy of the Table on p. 172 prior to class.

Th,Apr.10

AP Purification: Stages 2 and 3 Enzyme by Heat and AmSO4 Precipitation.

 Ch.7

Day Two: Stage 2 and 3 Enzymes.

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Tu,Apr.15

AP Purification: Stage 4 Enzyme by DEAE Chromatography.

Ch.7

Day Three: Stage 4 Enzyme.

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Th,Apr.17

AP Concentration Determination, Activity Assays, SDS-PAGE, and Mass Spectrometry. . . Review the material on Bradford Assays and pouring SDS-PAGE (10%) gels.

Tu,Apr.22

Steady-State Kinetics: Determination of Km, Vmax, and kcat of AP

Ch. 8

Expt. 8-1.

Lecture Notes: Steady_State_Kinetics.pdf

Th,Apr.24

Steady-State Kinetics: Competitive Inhibition by Inorganic Phosphate

Ch. 8

Expt. 8-2. The protocol given in N&B is for a Dixon method of studying competitive inhibitors. Consult your BIOC 462B text for a Lineweaver Burke method.

Half of the class will do a Lineweaver-Burke (seen in most textbooks) type of competitive Inhibitor experiment (measure v0 as fcn of [S], holdingI [I] constant. Other half will do procedure given in N&B, which is a Dixon method, where v0 is determined as fcn of varying [I], while holding [S] constant. Both methods give Ki for inorganic phosphate. We will compare Ki values obtained by both methods in next class.

Tu,Apr.29

EDTA inhibition and using kinetic data to propose a mechanism

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A data set for inactivation of AP will be handed out for this class, which you will analyze in class

Th,May 1

Research Presentations

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Tu,May 6

Research Presentations

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