Figure 6
Combined approach of in situ DLS and SEC. TCTP (19 kDa; 5 mg ml−1) in 100 µl buffer was applied to a Superdex 200 10/300GL column and detected via DLS inside the sample capillary at a flow rate of 400 µl min−1. A count-rate peak was observed (VE ≃ 15.5 ml), that corresponds to a dimeric state, which is characterized by a hydrodynamic radius of 2.8 ± 0.3 nm. A highly similar value was determined by a DLS cuvette instrument (Table 4). (a) The total scattering intensity (count rate; blue squares) of the solution is plotted against the retention volume of the column. The sample solution was injected at the time point labelled with `I'. The indicated peak of TCTP corresponds to the expected molecular weight of around 38 kDa for a dimeric state. (b) The time course of the hydrodynamic radius distribution for the highlighted peak from Fig. 7(a). The radius of the blue spheres represents the relative abundance of the detected particle radii weighted by scattering intensities in arbitrary units. |