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Pulse Chase Experiment

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What is the purpose of a Pulse Chase Experiment? The purpose obtain a half life on a molecule. A Half life is the amount of time it takes to get to one half of a molecule. However, In Pulse Chase you can use proteins or mRNA which proteins it uses thirty-five S Met in the pulse and Met in the chase. The quantity is immunoprecipitate and scintillation counting. In mRNA it ues three UTP in the Pulse and UTP IN the Chase. The quantity is affinity purify or dot blot and scintillation counting. So the method begins with the Pulse. Which is radiolabel newly synthesized molecules making them hot. The Chase is making a new molecules not radiolabeled cold, Then we ask the question how many of the originally labeled hot molecules are around at any given time? Over the course, of a Pulse Chase the total number of molecules does not change. The only thing that does is the ratio of hot and cold molecules. The two thing that factor in is how fast can molecules produced, and how fast hot molecules can degraded. …show more content…

But before it begins proteins molecules are being synthesized at a steady state trough a translation of mRNA by ribosome. The phase of the experiment begins when investigators apply a large dose of a radioactive amino acid or leucine to the cell culture. The radioactive amino are incorporated in the proteins manufactured during protein synthesis. The chase phase of the experiment begins when a very large amount of nonradioactive leucine is added to the simple. After the chase beings no more radioactive proteins is made. The experiment results in a short period of production of radiolabeled molecules. Which can be tracked within the

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