Sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis

- Make a master mix for the stacking and separating gel without adding ammonium persulfate and TEMED

- Aliquote 6,5 mL for each separating and 2,5 mL for each stacking gel

- Add ammonium persulfate and TEMED to each separating gel aliquote and pour the solution quickly into your gel casting form. Leave about 2 centimeters below the bottom of the comb for the stacking gel

- Layer isopropanol on top of the ge

- Leave the separating gel at room temperature for >60 minutes to polymerize

- Remove isopropanol and wait until the surface is dry

- Add ammonium persulfate and TEMED to each separating gel aliquote and pour the solution quickly into your gel casting form

- Insert comb without getting bubbles stuck underneath

- Leave the gel at room temperature for >60 minutes to polymerize

For storage:

-Remove sealing and store the gel wrapped in moistened paper towel at 4°C

- Mix your protein mixture 4:1 with Laemmli-buffer (30 mL protein solution + 10 mL Laemmli-buffer)

- Heat for 5 minutes at 95 °C

- Remove sealing, put the polymerized gel into gel box and pour SDS running buffer into the negative and positive electrode chamber

- Remove comb without destroying the gel pocket

- Pipet the sample into the gel pockets, adjusting the volume according to the amount of protein in your sample. Make sure to include a lane with molecular weight standards (PageRuler Prestained Protein Ladder™ (Fa. Fermentas)) to determinate the molecular weight of your sample

- Connect the power lead and run the stacking gel with 10 mA until the blue dye front enters the separating gel

- Raise amperage up to 20 mA for running the separating gel

- When the distance of the lowest molecular weight standard lane to the gel end is down to 0.5 cm stop the electrophoresis by turning off the power supply