Q&A

Does Streptactin bind biotin?

Does Streptactin bind biotin?

Biotin is a common ingredient in cell culture media. Free biotin binds to Strep-Tactin ® and consequently inactivates the resins.

What is Streptactin?

The Strep-tag ® system enables cloning, expression, detection, purification, and immobilization of recombinant proteins. The highly specific interaction of the Strep-tag ®II with Strep-Tactin ® ensures efficient one-step purification of the protein of interest in unparalleled purity even from crude cell lysates.

Does Strep Tag bind streptavidin?

The Strep-tag is a selected nine-amino acid peptide (AWRHPQFGG) that displays intrinsic binding affinity towards streptavidin and has been used as an affinity tag for recombinant proteins.

What is an AviTag?

The AviTag™ is a popular fusion tag due to its powerful and versatile properties. Fused to your protein, the AviTag™ provides a multi-functional system useful for many applications including: Expression. Imaging. Detection.

Which is biotin binding property does streptavidin have?

Streptavidin has the same biotin binding properties as avidin, but it has a low isoelectric point (pI=5) and no carbohydrate groups, resulting in low non-specific binding. Is Streptavidin (Cat. No. S888, 434302, and 434301) RNAse-free?

Which is a better protein avidin or streptavidin?

Streptavidin is a bacterially derived biotin-binding protein that reportedly exhibits less nonspecific binding than avidin. Streptavidin is unlabeled, unconjugated, and provided as a lyophilized powder.

How many biotin per mg does NeutrAvidin bind?

Each of our avidin, streptavidin and deglycosylated NeutrAvidin biotin-binding protein bind greater than 12 µg of biotin per mg protein. See below for a description of reversible binding of biotinylated targets with our CaptAvidin biotin-binding protein and other affinity matrices. Avidin

Is the binding of biotin to avidin irreversible?

The high-affinity binding of biotin to avidin, streptavidin, and related proteins has been exploited for decades. However, a disadvantage of the biotin/biotin-binding protein interaction is that it is essentially irreversible under physiological conditions. Desthiobiotin is a biotin analogue that bi …