Hi Theresa,

You could try lowering the pH down to 7.4 or 7. I have found that some proteins bind very poorly at pH8 and higher. Hope this helps. Cheers!

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From: "Theresa H. Hsu" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2012 1:23:33 PM
Subject: [ccp4bb] Off topic: His-tag purification

Hi all

I have a His-tagged soluble protein (8 His residues added to 90 kDa protein) that do not bind to IMAC column based on flowthrough showing up with Western blott. Do you have suggestions to improve the binding?

Binding condition is 50 mM Tris-HCl 8.0, 300 mM NaCl, 10 mM imidazole pH to 8.0.

Thank you.

Theresa