Affinity of LDH Lab

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Student’s Name: Zoe Garwood

Student’s ID#: 620137260

Lab date: October 27, 2021

Lab Number: 7

Lab Title: Affinity Chromatography of Lactate Dehydrogenase

Aim:
1. To purify Lactate Dehydrogenase from rat liver supernatant
2. To determine the amount of interacting proteins that can be retained by the column
Methodology:
Method is as seen in the department of Biochemistry Laboratory Manual
Results:
Table 1 showing the Absorbance values at 595nm versus the BSA concentration

BSA 1 2 Avg
concentration/Mg/mL

0.00 0.000 0.000 0.000

0.05 0.039 0.046 0.043

0.10 0.088 0.075 0.082

0.15 0.105 0.114 0.110

0.20 0.155 0.161 0.158

0.40 0.305 0.293 0.299

0.60 0.402 0.417 0.410

0.80 0.514 0.505 0.510

1.00 0.625 0.610 0.618


Table 2 showing Volume of Pyruvate in mLs versus the absorbance reading at 440nm

Pyruvate Absorbance reading at 440nm Avg


Volume/mLs

1 2 Avg

0.0 0 0 0

0.1 0.038 0.042 0.040

0.2 0.084 0.082 0.083

0.3 0.106 0.112 0.109

0.4 0.183 0..167 0.175

0.5 0.218 0.203 0.211


Table 3 showing the absorbance reading at 595nm for the LDH activity for the control, supernatant and
the fractions using the red and green dye

Absorbance at 595nm

Test Sample Red Dye Green Dye

Control blank blank

Supernatant 0.299 0.249

Fraction1 0.106 0.162

Fraction 2 0.056 0.105

Fraction 3 0.064 0.160

Fraction 4 0.045 0.120

Fraction 5 0.248 0.124

Fraction 6 0.077 0.125


Graph 1 showing BSA Concentration versus absorbance
reading at 595nm
0.7

0.6

0.5

0.4

0.3

0.2

0.1

0
0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2

1 2 Avg

Graph 2 showing the Pyruvate Volume versus the Absorbance


reading at 440nm
0.25

0.2

0.15

0.1

0.05

0
0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6

Absorbance @440nm 1 Absorbance @440nm 2 Absorbance @440nm Avg

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