Hi Harsh Something like sodium borate at pH 9.0 could be an alternative to phosphate buffers. If you are looking at thermal unfolding above 220nm, then the choice of buffer is less critical as many buffers and additives are problematic only below 200nm.
If your samples require high salt concentrations, I routinely use NaF as an alternative. It is transparent in the wavelength range relevant for far UV CD spectral collection. Kavestri Y. Kingston Laboratory - Structural Biology Group University of Auckland On 20/03/2013, at 7:59 PM, Harsh Bansia <spideysp...@gmail.com> wrote: > Sorry for a simple and non-CCP4 question. > I have determined the structures of three different mutants of a thermostable > protein by X-ray crystallography method. I feel that Mg2+ has a role in > protein stability. > So I want to perform a thermal denaturation study by CD spectroscopy both in > presence and absence of Mg2+ ion. > In this regards, what should be the suitable buffer for CD studies? May I use > PBS buffer ? Since phosphate sequester divalent cations like Mg2+. Is it > advisable to use PBS buffer. If so, what is maximum concentration of Mg2+ ion > that can be used say e.g. 5 mM? My protein was in Tris buffer and lyophilized > and have theoretical pI =4.56 and maximum activity at pH 8.4. > > Thanking you in advances, > harsh
