NEBExpress® T4 Lysozyme is a recombinant murein hydrolase that breaks down the bacterial cell wall by hydrolyzing the β-1,4 linkage between N-acetylmuramic acid and N-acetylglucosamine in the peptidoglycan of prokaryotic cells (gram-negative and some gram-positive bacteria). It can be used to extract soluble proteins, membrane proteins, DNA, RNA, or metabolites.Source: An E. coli strain that carries the bacteriophage T4 gene e.Figure 1: NEBExpress T4 Lysozyme is 200-fold more active than chicken egg white lysozyme.T7 Express E. coli expressing vGFP was lysed with NEBExpress T4 Lysozyme (T4L) or Chicken egg white lysozyme (ChL): 4 UOD600 of cell pellet were resuspended in 200 µL of 50 mM Tris-HCl pH 7.5 and lysed for 5 minutes at room temperature in the presence of NEBExpress T4 Lysozyme or Chicken egg white lysozyme at 0.1, 1, 10, 100 or 200 ug enzyme per 1 mL of cell suspension. The soluble proteins were harvested by centrifugation and analyzed on SDS-PAGE.Figure 2: Optimal protein extraction with NEBExpress T4 Lysozyme in the presence of NEBExpress E. coli Lysis Reagent.T7 Express E. coli expressing vGFP was lysed with NEBExpress T4 Lysozyme (T4L) in 50 mM Tris-HCl pH 7.5 or in NEBExpress E. coli Lysis Reagent (NEB #P8116S): 4 UOD600 of cell pellet were resuspended in 200 µL of Tris buffer or NEBExpress E. coli Lysis Reagent and lysed for 5 minutes at room temperature in the presence of NEBExpress T4 Lysozyme at 0, 0.1 or 1 ug per 1 mL of cell suspension. The soluble proteins were harvested by centrifugation and analyzed on SDS-PAGE.
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