Description
Whenyouwishtocovalentlycoupleantibodies,peptides,intactproteinsandfunctionalenzymestothesurfaceofamagneticbeadchooseDynabeads®Tosylactivated.Optimalantibodyorientationmakesthesebeadsanexcellentchoicefortheimmunoprecipitationofproteinsandproteincomplexes.
IdealforImmunoprecipitationofproteincomplexes:LowbackgroundandcovalentlinkingofantibodiestothebeadsurfacemakeDynabeadsTosylactivatedanexcellentchoiceforImmunoprecipitationofproteinsandproteincomplexes(Co-Immunoprecipitation,Co-IP).Gentleandrapidmagneticconcentrationofthebeadsandshortincubationtimes(poss
IBLeduetofastsurface-basedbindingkinetics)makeDynabeadsTosylactivatedanexcellentchoicefortheimmunoprecipitationofhighly-l
ABIleorand/ortransient(short-lived)proteincomplexes.
Ultrarapidprotocols:•Identifymembersofproteincomplexesinminutesratherthanhours
•Temporalresolutionshortenoughtoidentifytransientandlabilecomplexes
•Identifybindingpartnersthatcannotbeidentifiedwithlongerprotocols
•Rapidprotocolsfurtherreducethealreadyultra-lowbackgroundbinding
•Strongersignaltonoise-ratios
Applications:•IPofproteinsandproteincomplexes
•Couplefunctionalenzymestobeadsurfacefordownstreamassays
•Couplepeptidestobeadsurfacetoidentifybinders
Purifypeptides,proteinsandenzymesthatare:•Transientlystable
•Structurallyintact
•Temperaturelabile
•Intheirnativeconformationandfunctional
CouplingProcedureOutline:CovalentcouplingisperformedovernightbyincubatingthedesiredligandwiththeDynabeadsTosylactivated.LigandscommonlycoupledtoDynabeadsTosylactivatedincludepeptidesandproteins(e.g.antibodiesforImmunoprecipitationorCo-Immunoprecipitation).CouplingoccursatneutraltohighpHandat37°C.WerecommendcouplingatpH8.5-9.5,butforpHlabileligands,couplingcanbeperformedinanalternativebufferatpH7.4.
Uponcompletionoftheligandcouplingstep,theactualDynabeadsTosylactivatedsurfacecoatingwillberenderedinert,resultinginlownon-specificbinding.
AboutDynabeads:Dynabeadsarenon-porousmonodispersesuperparamagneticbeads.Theyarehighlymobileinsolutionenablingligandscoupledtothebeadstocontinuouslyinteractwiththeentiresamplevolume.Thesuperparamagneticbeadsarepulledtothetubewallsbytransferringthetubetoarackcontainingastrongmagneticfield(FromtherednavigationbarnavigateBrands>Dynal®>Magnets).Strongmagneticfieldsquicklypullthebeadstothetubewall,allowingforeasyandcompleteremovalofthesupernatantby
Pipette.Washingstepsareperformedsimilarly.l
BeadSurfaceCharacteristicsforDynabeadsTosylactivated:•p-toluene-sulfonyl(Tosyl)groups
•Hydrophobic,pHNeutral
•Covalentbindingbyprimaryamine(NH
2)orsulphydryl(SH)groups
Bindingcapacitypermilligrambeads:Variesdependingonligand,(e.g.5-10µgIgG)
ForResearchUseOnly.Notforuseindiagnosticprocedures.