Subcellular Protein Fractionation Kit Segregate and enrich proteins from five cellular compartments. The Thermo Scientific Subcellular Protein Fractionation Kit enables segregation and enrichment of proteins from five different cellular compartments. The kit enables the stepwise separation and extraction of cytoplasmic, membrane, nuclear soluble, chromatin-bound and cytoskeletal proteins from mammalian cultured cells. Extracts obtained with the Subcellular Protein Fractionation Kit are compatible with a variety of downstream applications including Western blotting, protein assays, electrophoretic mobility shift assays and reporter-gene and enzyme-activity assays. Fractionation of subcellular proteins enables protein localization assessment and protein enrichment from specific cellular compartments. The Thermo Scientific Subcellular Protein Fractionation Kit includes a combination of reagents for stepwise lysis of cells into functional cytoplasmic, membrane, nuclear soluble, chromatin-bound and cytoskeletal protein fractions in less than 3 hours. Extracts from each subcellular compartment generally have less than 15% contamination between fractions, which is sufficient purity for most experiments studying protein localization and redistribution. Highlights of the Subcellular Fractionation Kits: Concise – extract functional cytoplasmic, membrane, nuclear soluble, chromatin-bound and cytoskeletal protein fractions in less than 3 hours Convenient – perform a simple procedure without using ultracentrifugation over gradients Complete – obtain cytoplasmic, membrane, soluble nuclear, chromatin-bound and cytoskeletal protein fractions from a single kit Compatible – use extracts for downstream applications such as protein assays, Western blotting, gel-shift assays and enzyme activity assays Applications for subcellular fractionation: Extract and enrich proteins from different cellular compartments Isolate cytoplasmic, nuclear, membrane and cytoskeletal proteins from the same cells Profile cells for proteins from the cytoplasm, nucleus, membrane and cytoskeleton Study protein translocation Product Details: The Subcellular Protein Fractionation Kit contains four extraction buffers, a stabilized nuclease and Thermo Scientific Halt Protease Inhibitor Cocktail. Each kit has enough reagents to fractionate 50 cell pellets of 20µL each, equivalent to approximately 2g of cell paste. The first reagent added to a cell pellet causes selective membrane permeabilization, releasing soluble cytoplasmic contents. The second reagent dissolves plasma, mitochondria and ER-golgi membranes but does not solubilize the nuclear membranes. After recovering intact nuclei by centrifugation, a third reagent yields the soluble nuclear extract. An additional nuclear extraction with micrococcal nuclease is performed to release chromatin-bound nuclear proteins. The recovered insoluble pellet is then extracted with the final reagent to isolate cytoskeletal proteins. Subcellular Protein Fractionation Kit Formulation: Multi-component kit Sufficient For: 50 samples each containing 2 million cells (20µL packed) Kit Contents: Cytoplasmic Extraction Buffer, 10mL Membrane Extraction Buffer, 10mL Nuclear Extraction Buffer, 10mL Pellet Extraction Buffer, 5mL Micrococcal Nuclease, 150µL Calcium Chloride, 100mM, 250µL Halt Protease Inhibitor Cocktail (100X), 350µL |