Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry
Online ISSN : 1347-6947
Print ISSN : 0916-8451
Detection ofγ-Polyglutamic Acid (γ-PGA) by SDS-PAGE
Fumio YAMAGUCHIYoshihiro OGAWAMamoru KIKUCHIKatsumi YUASAHiroshi MOTAI
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1996 Volume 60 Issue 2 Pages 255-258

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γ-Polyglutamic acid (γ-PGA) produced by Bacillus subtilis (natto) was detected by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) and basic dye staining. Using this method, the molecular weight ofγ-PGA was estimated at 275, 000. This value was almost the same in all bacterial strains tested. As other applications of this SDS-PAGE method, degradation of γ-PGA by acid and heat treatment and a cross-linking reaction with carbodiimide and ethylenediamine were made visible in acrylamide gel. In the growth curve of the bacteria, γ-PGA production was detected in early stationary phase by SDS-PAGE.

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