What are the advantages of SDS-PAGE electrophoresis?
Posted July 17, 2024
Answer
Advantages of SDS PAGE
- Involves a simple operation that simplifies more complex tasks
- Enables detection of specific proteins based on mass and characters
- Enables identification of different species based on mass of the protein
- Offers high resolution and advanced separation of protein molecules based solely on mass
- Enables determination of molecular weight of protein in a sample
- Analyzes post-translational modifications
- Is used in peptide-mapping, estimating protein size, identifying purity of proteins, and separating HIV proteins in HIV tests
Additional resources
Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate-Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis of Proteins