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#Question id: 18851


Nickel-NTA (Ni-NTA) chromatography is a popular affinity chromatography method for the purification of histidine-tagged proteins. However, SDS-PAGE of the eluted protein can show bands in addition to your target protein. How might you improve this purification step?

#Unit 13. Methods in Biology
  1. Add a low concentration of imidazole to the binding buffer
  2. Gradient elution with increasing imidazole concentration on a chromatography machine
  3. Include protease inhibitors during purification
  4. All of the above