This video describes the technique of separating the protein samples by non-reducing SDS-PAGE to analyze the multimeric protein complexes. This technique retains the multimer subunits of a protein held by the disulfide bonds which can later be analyzed by western blotting.
Protocol
1. Blocking Free Cysteine Residues Using Iodoacetamide Grow U-2 OS cells in a 6 cm2 dish to 50%–60% confluency in minimum essential medium with high glucose containing 10% fetal bovine serum and 1% sodium pyruvate at 37 °C in 5% CO2. Make a fresh stock of 10 mM iodoacetamide just prior to use, then discard any unused reagent. Add 0.1 mM final concentration iodoacetamide directly to the cell culture media. Gently rock the dish at …