Protocol for the Analysis of Yeast and Human Mitochondrial Respiratory Chain Complexes and Supercomplexes by Blue Native Electrophoresis

STAR Protoc. 2020 Sep 18;1(2):100089. doi: 10.1016/j.xpro.2020.100089. Epub 2020 Sep 3.

Abstract

By using negatively charged Coomassie brilliant blue G-250 dye to induce a charge shift on proteins, blue native polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (BN-PAGE) allows resolution of enzymatically active multiprotein complexes extracted from cellular or subcellular lysates while retaining their native conformation. BN-PAGE was first developed to analyze the size, composition, and relative abundance of the complexes and supercomplexes that form the mitochondrial respiratory chain and OXPHOS system. Here, we present a detailed protocol of BN-PAGE to obtain robust and reproducible results. For complete details on the use and execution of this protocol, please refer to Lobo-Jarne et al. (2018) and Timón-Gómez et al. (2020).

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Electron Transport / physiology*
  • Electrophoresis / methods
  • Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional / methods
  • Humans
  • Mitochondrial Membranes / chemistry
  • Multiprotein Complexes / analysis*
  • Native Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis / methods*
  • Rosaniline Dyes / chemistry
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Substances

  • Multiprotein Complexes
  • Rosaniline Dyes
  • coomassie Brilliant Blue