Solubilization of proteins in extracted oil bodies by SDS: a simple and efficient protein sample preparation method for Tricine-SDS-PAGE.

A simple and efficient method for preparing Tricine-SDS-PAGE protein sample of extracted oil bodies (OBs) was supplied: OB suspension was vortexed with SDS buffer (pH 6.8) for 2 min at room temperature with SDS/protein of 1.52/1(w/w), which could be analyzed by Tricine-SDS-PAGE after simple treatments (dilution and 2-mercaptoethanol). At SDS/protein of 1.52/1, about 95% of proteins in soybean OB suspension were solubilized, whereas residual 5% of proteins were weakly bound to SDS-destroyed OBs; proteins in destroyed OBs might be further solubilized by SDS in the gel and cathode buffer of Tricine-SDS-PAGE, causing about 99% of proteins in soybean OB suspension recover on Tricine-SDS-PAGE gel, which was better than acetone (89%) and diethyl ether (96%) harvested protein samples. Higher or lower SDS/protein was unbeneficial for protein solubilization from OBs. Additionally, the above method was also better than organic solvent method for peanut, sesame, and rapeseed OB suspensions.