Uses our proven HOOK™ biotin labeling and purification technology in conjunction with our Mammalian Cell PE LB™ lysis buffer to conveniently label cell surface proteins and isolate them for further analysis, including Western blotting.
Mammalian cells, adherent or non-adherent, are labeled with HOOK™ Sulfo-NHS-SS-Biotin, an amine reactive biotinylation reagent that is soluble in water, but impermeable to plasma membranes. HOOK™ Sulfo-NHS-SS-Biotin has a disulfide bond in the spacer arm that permits the cleavage of the biotin moiety from the protein, making its interaction with streptavidin purification column reversible (see figure).
Cells are lysed with Mammalian Cell PE LB™ and applied to a Streptavidin agarose column. Unlabeled intracellular proteins are washed away and the biotin labeled cell surface proteins are then released by reduction of the disulfide bond with DTT.
The kit is supplied with all the necessary reagents and buffers for convenience and improved reproducibility. The kit is compatible with a wide variety of mammalian cells and can be used to compare treated and untreated cells and differences between different cell lines. This kit is supplied with sufficient reagents for five experiments, with each experiment consisting of four 90-95% confluent T-75cm2 flasks.
