Zonal Sedimentation Analysis on Sucrose Gradients

Bio Protoc. 2014 Apr 5;4(7):e1100. doi: 10.21769/BioProtoc.1100.

Abstract

Zonal sedimentation analysis on sucrose gradients allows estimation of the molecular size of an individual protein or a protein complex by centrifugation at a constant speed under nondenaturing conditions. This method is particularly suitable for globular proteins like the influenza A virus (IAV) protein hemagglutinin (HA). Here, I describe step by step a protocol used to evaluate the oligomeric state of recombinant HA trimers (Magadan et al., 2013).