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| Ex/Em(nm) | 490/515 | 
| MW | N/A | 
| CAS# | N/A | 
| Solvent | N/A | 
| Storage | F/D/L | 
| Category | ProteinBiochemistry Generalproteins  | 
| Related | BiochemicalAssays | 
1.Prepare500XMaleimideGreen™stocksolution:
Add20µLofDMSO(ComponentE)intotheMaleimideGreenvial(ComponentA)tomake500Xstocksolution.
Note:10µLofthestocksolutionisenoughforone96-wellplate.TheunusedMaleimideGreen™stocksolutionshouldbedividedintosingleusealiquots,storedat-20oCandkeptfromlight.
2.Prepare20Xmaleimidereactionmixture:
Add10µLof500XMaleimideGreen™stocksolution(fromStep1)into250µLReactionBuffer(fromComponentB),andmixthemwell.Incubatethe20Xmaleimidereactionmixtureatroomtemperaturefor30min,protectedfromlight.
Note1:Itisveryimportanttoincubatethe20Xmaleimidereactionmixtureatroomtemperatureforatleast30mintomaximizethesignaltobackgroundratio.
Note2:YoushouldseetheyellowcolorafteraddingtheMaleimideGreen™stocksolutionintoreactionbuffer.
3.Preparemaleimideassaymixture:
Addthewholecontentsof20Xmaleimidereactionmixture(260µLfromStep2)into5mLofassaybuffer(ComponentC),andmixwell.
Note:Thismaleimideassaymixtureisnotstable.Usewithin1hour.
4.PrepareserialdilutionsofN-ethylaleimidestandard(0to10μM):
4.1 Add10μLof10mM(10nmol/µL)N-ethylmaleimidestandardstocksolution(ComponentD)to990µLofassaybuffer(ComponentC)togenerate100µM(100pmol/µL)N-ethylmaleimidestandardsolution.
Note:Theunused10mMN-ethylmaleimidestandardsolutionshouldbedividedintosingleusealiquotsandstoredat-20oC.
4.2 Take200μLof100μMN-ethylmaleimidestandardsolution(fromStep4.1)toperform1:3serialdilutionstoget30,10,3,1,0.3,0.1and0μMserialdilutionsofN-ethylmaleimidestandard.
4.3 AddN-ethylmaleimidestandardsandmaleimide-containingtestsamplesintoasolidblack96-wellmicroplateasdescribedinTables1and2
Table1.LayoutofN-ethylmaleimidestandardsandtestsamplesinasolidblack96-wellmicroplate
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Note:MS=N-ethylmaleimideStandards,BL=BlankControl,TS=TestSamples.
Table2.Reagentcompositionforeachwell
N-ethylmaleimideStandard  | BlankControl  | TestSample  | 
SerialDilutions*(50μL)  | AssayBuffer:50μL  | 50μL  | 
*Note:AddtheserialdilutionsofN-ethylmaleimidestandardfrom0.1μMto100μMintowellsfromMS1toMS7induplicate.
5.Runmaleimideassay:
5.1 Add50μLofmaleimideassaymixture(fromStep3)toeachwelloftheN-ethylmaleimidestandard,blankcontrol,andtestsamples(seeStep4.3)tohavethetotalmaleimideassayvolumeof100µL/well.
Note:Fora384-wellplate,add25μLofsampleand25μLofmaleimidereactionmixtureintoeachwell.
5.2 Incubatethereactionmixturefor5to30minutesatroomtemperature,protectedfromlight.
Note:Forbestresults,thefluorescenceintensityshouldbereadwithin30minutesduetothefactthatthefluorescencebackgroundincreaseswithtime.
5.3 MonitorthefluorescenceincreasewithafluorescenceplatereaderatEx/Em=490/520nm.
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