High-Resolution Capillary Isoelectric Focusing of Complex Protein Mixtures from Lysates of Microorganisms

Abstract
High-resolution capillary isoelectric focusing separations of complex protein mixtures have been obtained for cellular lysates of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Eschericia coli, and Deinococcus radiodurans. High quality separations are shown to be achievable for total protein concentrations of I) difference of 0.004 are shown to be separated using a linear carrier ampholyte (linear pH gradient between two electrodes) of 3−10. Approximately 45 discrete peaks in the pI range of 5−7 were obtained for S. cerevisiae, ∼80 peaks in the pI range of 4.5−8.5 for E. coli, and ∼210 peaks in the pI range of 3−8.8 for D. radiodurans.