Yes, the His-Spin Protein Miniprep Kit can also be used with eukaryotic expression systems. For references: Marcos J. Caballero-L´opez, Manuel Nieto-D´ıaz, M´onica Yunta, David Reigada, Teresa Mu˜noz-Galdeano, ´Angela del ´Aguila, Rosa Navarro-Ru´ız, Wolfang Pita-Thomas, Dan Lindholm, Rodrigo M. Maza – XIAP Interacts with and Regulates the Activity of FAF1 – 2017, BBA – Molecular Cell Research. doi:10.1016/j.bbamcr.2017.04.006

Smaller elution volumes are possible and may yield more concentrated protein, but the elution efficiency may be compromised.

– The His-tag may be rendered inaccessible due to protein folding. The protein can be purified at denaturing conditions. – The recombinant protein can become insoluble as a result of overexpression. The protein can be purified at denaturing conditions. – Starting material is too dilute. If the starting material contains very low levels of His-tagged protein, then it may require more than 300 µl of sample volume to purify enough protein. Simply repeat steps 3 and 4 until the desired volume has been loaded onto the column. – The protein is bound to the His-Affinity Gel too tightly and can not be eluted with the supplied His-Elution Buffer. A custom-made elution buffer containing 500 mM imidazole or 100 mM EDTA may elute the tightly-bound protein. – Depending on the protein, lowering the imidazole concentration of the His-Wash Buffer to 25 mM (e.g., by dilution with His-Binding Buffer) may increase yields.

– Optimize expression conditions. Overexpression of proteins may result in formation of insoluble inclusion bodies inside cells. If a large band of overexpressed protein is visible after SDS-PAGE electrophoresis of whole cells, but the band is absent after SDS-PAGE electrophoresis of cleared cell lysates, this indicates that the protein may not be soluble and the expressed protein may form inclusion bodies. – Use Denaturing conditions. Insoluble proteins will not be purified using the provided buffers. It is, however, possible to purify such proteins at denaturing conditions in the presence of ≤ 8 M urea or ≤ 6 M guanidine hydrochloride. The protein native structure and thus enzyme activity is lost under such conditions, but may be restored by refolding the protein after purification.

Membrane proteins can be purified after solubilization in a nonionic detergent. Concentrations of up to 2% of Triton® or TWEEN® can be present in the loaded sample.

The pH value of the loaded sample should be between 7.5 and 8.0. Too high or low pH can result in decreased protein yields and/or quality.

– Check your buffers for signs of contamination and check the pH of the buffers. – Increase centrifugation time and speed. Ensure that the His-Affinity Gel drains completely after each spin (some older centrifuge models may require a longer centrifugation time). – If the problem persists, additional wash steps can be added to the purification protocol, or increasing the imidazole concentration of the washing buffer to 60 – 100 mM (e.g., by dilution with the His-Elution Buffer).

Is there a recommended lysis protocol? For protein purification from E. coli lysates: 1. Harvest & pellet 10 ml of E. coli culture. 2. Resuspend in 1 ml of His-Binding Buffer. 3. Lyse the cells by sonication (or other methods). 4. Spin at ≥ 12,000 x g at 4°C for 5 minutes. 5. Use 150 µl of the supernatant for the His-Spin Protein Miniprep protocol.

Is there a recommended lysis protocol? For protein purification from E. coli lysates: 1. Harvest & pellet 10 ml of E. coli culture. 2. Resuspend in 1 ml of His-Binding Buffer. 3. Lyse the cells by sonication (or other methods). 4. Spin at ≥ 12,000 x g at 4°C for 5 minutes. 5. Use 150 µl of the supernatant for the His-Spin Protein Miniprep protocol.

Reducing Agents ≤ 15 mM β-mercaptoethanol Non-Ionic Detergents ≤ 2% Nonidet® P-40 ≤ 2% Triton® X-100 ≤ 2% Tween®-20 Denaturing Reagents ≤ 8 M Urea Chemicals and other Reagents ≤ 10 mM Imidazole ≤ 10 mM Histidine