TECHNIQUES IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY CENTRIFUGATION- Separation of molecules/macromolecules/organelles according to the size, shape, density & gradient ELECTROPHORESIS- Separation of molecules/macromolecules according to charge MICROSCOPY- Structural examination of minute molecule/macromolecule/organelle
CENTRIFUGATION http://ntri.tamuk.edu/centrifuge/centrifugation.html MATERIALS OR PARTICLES IN A SOLUTION CAN BE SEPARATED BY A CENTRIFUGE THAT USES THE PRINCIPLE OF CENTRIFUGATION CLASSES: -ANALYTICAL/PREPARATIVE -ULTRACENTRIFUGATION AND LOW SPEED -DIFFERENTIAL/ZONAL CENTRIFUGATION http://ntri.tamuk.edu/centrifuge/centrifugation.html
ANALYTICAL CENTRIFUGATION IS USED TO MEASURE THE SEDIMENTED PARTICLE PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS SUCH AS SEDIMENTATION COEFFICIENT AND MOLECULAR WEIGHT
PREPARATIVE CENTRIFUGATION TO SEPARATE SPECIFIC PARTICLES THAT IS REUSABLE TYPES: - RATE ZONAL - DIFFERENTIAL - ISOPYCNIC CENTRIFUGATION
ULTRACENTRIFUGATION AND LOW SPEED DEPENDS ON SPEED ULTRACENTRIFUGATION - THE SPEED EXCEEDS 20,000 RPM SUPER SPEED ULTRACENTRIFUGATION- THE SPEED IS BETWEEN 10,000 RPM-20,000 RPM LOW SPEED CENTRIFUGATION- THE SPEED IS BELOW 10,000 RPM
DIFFERENTIAL CENTRIFUGATION PARTICLES IN SAMPLE WILL SEPARATE INTO SUPERNATANT AND PELLET OR IN BOTH DEPENDING ON THEIR SIZE, SHAPE, DENSITY AND CENTRIFUGATION CONDITION THE PELLET CONTAINS ALL THE SEDIMENTED COMPONENT MIXTURE AND CAN CONTAIN MATERIALS THAT WAS NOT SEDIMENTED EARLIER
DIFFERENTIAL CENTRIFUGATION SUPERNATANT CONTAINS MATERIALS THAT ARE NOT SEDIMENTED BUT CAN BE SEDIMENTED WHEN CENTRIFUGATION IS DONE AT A HIGHER SPEED
DIFFERENTIAL CENTRIFUGATION
ZONAL CENTRIFUGATION SAMPLE IS APPLIED ON TOP OF SUCROSE OR CESIUM CLORIDE SOLUTION PARTICLE CAN BE SEPARATED ACCORDING TO SIZE & SHAPE (TIME-RATE ZONE) OR DENSITY (ISOPYCNIC)
RATE-ZONAL CENTRIFUGATION
ISOPYCNIC-ZONAL CENTRIFUGATION
SEDIMENTATION COEFFICIENT WHEN CELL COMPONENTS ARE CENTRIFUFED THROUGH A GRADIENT SOLUTION, THEY WILL SEPARATE INTO THEIR OWN ZONE OR LINE/LAYER THE RATE WHEN THE COMPONENT SEPARATES IS CALLED AS SEDIMENTATION COEFFICIENT OR THE s VALUE (SVEDBERG UNIT ) 1 S = 1 X 10-13 SECONDS
SEDIMENTATION COEFFICIENT VALUES PARTICLE OR SEDIMENTATION MOLECULE COEFFICIENT LYSOSOME 9400S TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS 198S RIBOSOME 80S RIBOSOMAL RNA MOLECULE 28S tRNA MOLECULE 4S HEMOGLOBIN MOLECULE 4.5S
SPEED OF CENTRIFUGATION A PARTICLE THAT IS ROTATING WILL HAVE A PULLING FORCE IN A FORM OF MAGNITUDE TO SPEED FUNCTION AT DEFINED ANGLE (ROTATION SPEED) AND CENTRFUGATION RADIUS (THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE SAMPLE CONTAINER AND THE ROTOR CENTRE)
SPEED OF CENTRIFUGATION 2 WAYS OF EXPRESSING THE PULLING FORCE: a) RELATIVE CENTRIFUGATIONAL FORCE-RCF (g) b) ROTATION PER MINUTE (rpm)
RELATIVE CENTRIFUGATIONAL FORCE THE PULLING FORCE OF CENTRIFUGATION IS BASED ON OR RELATIVE TO THE STANDARD GRAVITATIONAL FORCE FOR EXAMPLE 500x g MEANS THAT THE PULLING FORCE IS 500 TIMES BIGGER THAN THE STANDARD GRAVITATIONAL FORCE
RELATIVE CENTRIFUGATIONAL FORCE EQUATION R.C.F. = 1.119 x 10 -5 (rpm2) r rpm=rotation per minute r=radius (in cm) UNIT g
ELECTROPHORESIS THE MOVEMENT OF CHARGED PARTICLE IS INFLUENCED BY ELECTRICAL CURRENT ELECTROPHORESIS IS THE METHOD OF SEPARATING MACROMOLECULE SUCH AS NUCLEIC ACID AND PROTEIN ACCORDING TO SIZE, ELECTRICAL CHARGE AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES SUCH AS DENSITY ETC SEPARATION IS AIDED BY A MATRIX SUCH AS POLIACRYLAMIDE OR AGAROSE
ELECTROPHORESIS PRINCIPLE: SEPARATION OF MACROMOLECULE DEPENDING ON TWO PROPERTIES: WEIGHT AND CHARGE ELECTRICAL CURRENT FROM THE ELECTRODE WILL PUSH THE MOLECULE AND AT THE SAME TIME THE OTHER ELECTRODE WILL PUT IT MOLECULES WILL MOVE ALONG THE PORES THAT ARE FORMED BETWEEN THE INTER-WOVEN MATRIX THAT ACTS LIKE A SIEVE TO SEAPARATE THE MOLECULE ACCORDING TO THEIR SIZE
ELECTROPHORESIS ELECTRICAL CURRENT WILL FORCE THE MACROMOLECULE TO MOVE ALONG THE PORES THE MACROMOLECULE MOVEMENT DEPENDS ON THE ELECTRICAL FIELD FORCE, THE MOLECULE SIZE AND SHAPE, THE SAMPLE RELATIVE HYDROPHOBIC PROPERTY, IONIC STRENGTH AND THE TEMPERATURE OF THE ELECTROPHORESIS BUFFER DYEING WILL AID THE VISUALISATION OF MACROMOLECULE IN THE FORM OF SEPARATED SERIES OF STRIPES
PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS PROTEIN HAS A POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE NET CHARGE AS A RESULT OF THE COMBINATION OF CHARGED AMINO ACIDS CONTAINEDIN THEM THE MATRIX THAT IS USUALLY USED FOR PROTEIN SEPARATION IS POLIACRYLAMIDE TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS- PROTEIN SEPARATION ACCORDING TO ISOELECTRICAL POINTS AND MOLECULAR WEIGHT
2-D PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS FIRST STEP/DIMENSION: PROTEIN SEPARATION ACCORDING TO ISOELECTRIC POINT (PROTEIN CONTAINS DIFFERENT POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE CHARGE RATIO) -ELECTROPHORESIS IS DONE ON THE GEL IN THE FORM OF TUBE; PROTEIN WILL MOVE IN A SOLUTION WITH DIFFERENT pH GRADIENT
2-D PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS FIRST STEP/DIMENSION: -PROTEIN WILL STOP WHEN IT REACHES THE pH WHICH IS EQUAL TO ITS ISOELECTRIC POINT i.e WHEN THE PROTEIN DOES NOT HAVE A NET CHARGE. + BASIC - ACIDIC
2-D PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS SECOND STEP/DIMENSION: PROTEIN SEPARATION BY MOLECULAR WEIGHT ELECTROPHORESIS IS DONE IN AN ORTHOGONAL DIRECTION FROM THE FIRST STEP; SODIUM DODECYL SULPHATE (SDS) IS ADDED + -
2-D PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS
1-D PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS PROTEIN IS SEPARATED BY ITS MOLECULAR WEIGHT ONLY THE TECHNIQUE IS ALSO KNOWN AS POLIACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS (PAGE) OR SDS-PAGE IF SDS IS PRESENT DURING SAMPLE PREPARATION SIMULATION OF 1-D ELECTROPHORESIS http://www.rit.edu/~pac8612/electro/ Electro_Sim.html
SDS-PAGE TO SEPARATE PROTEIN WITH THE SIZE OF 5 - 2,000 kDa PORES IN BETWEEN THE POLIACRYLAMIDE MATRIX CAN VARIES FROM 3%-30% THE PROTEIN SAMPLE IS IN THE FORM OF PRIMARY STRUCTURE (SAMPLE IS BOILED WITH SDS AND -MERCAPTOETHANOL PRIOR BEING LOADED ONTO GEL)
SDS-PAGE PROTEIN IS STAINED USING COOMASIE BLUE OR SILVER NON-DIRECTIONAL STAINING CAN BE DONE: -ANTIBODY BOUND WITH RADIOISOTOPE OR ENZYME, FLUORESENCE DYE
SDS-PAGE SDS FUNCTION: NEGATIVELY CHARGED DETERGENT THAT BINDS TO THE HYDROPHOBIC REGION OF THE PROTEIN MOLECULE; AS A RESULT THE PROTEIN BECOMES A LONG POLIPEPTIDE CHAIN AND FREE FROM OTHER PROTEINS AND LIPIDS
SDS-PAGE -MERCAPTOETHANOL FUNCTION: TO BREAK DISULPHIDE BONDS SO THAT PROTEIN SUBUNIT CAN BE ANALYSED
NUCLEIC ACID ELECTROPHORESIS AGAROSE OR POLIACRYLAMIDE IS THE MATRIX USUALLY USED TO SEPARATE NUCLEIC ACID IN A TECHNIQUE KNOWN AS AGAROSE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS SAMPLE CONTAINING DNA IS LOADED INTO WELLS LOCATED NEAR TO THE NEGATIVELY CHARGED ELECTRODE DNA THAT IS NEGATIVELY CHARGED WILL BE ATTRACTED TO THE POSITIVE ELECTRODE
NUCLEIC ACID ELECTROPHORESIS DNA WITH A BIGGER SIZE WILL MOVE SLOWER THAN THE SMALLER SIZE WHICH MOVE FASTER STAINING IS DONE USING ETHIDIUM BROMIDE (EtBr) THAT ENABLES THE VISUALISATION OF NUCLEIC ACID; EtBr IS INSERTED BETWEEN THE BASES ON THE NUCLEIC ACID EtBr IS ORANGE IN COLOUR WHEN LIT-UP BY ULTRA-VIOLET LIGHT
NUCLEIC ACID ELECTROPHORESIS
MICROSCOPY ONE OF THE EARLIEST TECHNIQUE TO STUDY MACROMOLECULE PRINCIPLE: TO ENLARGE SMALL IMAGES TYPES OF MICROSCOPY ACCORDING TO THE SIZE OF IMAGE ENLARGEMENT - LIGHT MICROSCOPE (300nm-2mm) - ELECTRON MICROSCOPE (0.15nm-100m)
LIGHT MICROSCOPE IMAGE ENLARGEMENT PRINCIPLE: LIGHT FROM BELOW OF THE MICROCOPE GOES THROUGH THE CONDENSOR TO FOCUS THE LIGHT TO THE SPECIMEN. LIGHT FROM THE SPECIMEN IS RECOLLECTED BY THE OBJECTIVE LENSE TO FORM AN IMAGE
LIGHT MICROSCOPE TYPES OF LIGHT MICROSCOPE : BRIGHT-FIELD MICROSCOPE DARK-FIELD MICROSCOPE PHASE-CONTRAST MICROSCOPE FLUORESENCE MICROSCOPE (UV) (FLUORESCIN/RHODAMIN)
ELECTRON MICROSCOPE PRINCIPLE: -ELECTRON IS USED (NOT LIGHT) TO ENLARGE IMAGE -SPECIMEN MUST UNDERGO A SERIES OF PREPARATION PROCESSES SUCH AS COATING WITH THIN LAYER OF GOLD TO ALLOW EMITTED ELECTRON TO COLLIDE TO AND THEN RECOLLECTED TO FORM IMAGE ON THE SCREEN
ELECTRON MICROSCOPE TYPES: 1) TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE -ELECTRON GOES THROUGH THE SPECIMEN AND IMAGE IS RECOLLECTED ON A FLUORECENS SCREEN -THE INNER STRUCTURE OF THE SPECIMEN CAN BE SEEN
ELECTRON MICROSCOPE TYPES: 2) SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE -ELECTRON IS FOCUSSED TO THE SPECIMEN AND THEN REEMITTED (SCANNED) TO THE DETECTOR AND IMAGE IS SEND TO THE SCREEN FOR VIEWING -THE OUTER STRUCTURE CAN BE SEEN
ELECTRON MICROSCOPE SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE MOSQUITO IMAGES BY SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE
OTHER TECHNIQUES CHROMATOGRAPHY -PAPER: PROTEIN SEPARATION BY USING FILTER PAPER AS THE MATRIX -ION-EXCHANGE -GEL FILTRATION -AFFINITY -HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY (HPLC)
OTHER TECHNIQUES RADIOISOTOPES FOR MOLECULE TAGGING : 32P, 131I, 35S, 14C, 45Ca, 3H - RIA, ‘PULSE-CHASE’ EXPERIMENT, AUTORADIOGRAPHY ANTIBODY (MONOCLONE/POLYCLONE) FOR TAGGING MOLECULE: EIA, IF, ELISA X-RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS: PROTEIN STRUCTURE DETERMINATION DNA RECOMBINANT TECNOLOGY