Resolution and identification of proteins
A variety of methods are now available for identification of"' proteins available in a cell. However, they need to be separated from each other before they are identified and their functions are identified.
2D-PAGE. As mentioned above, initially proteome is analysed from a cell extract using 2D-PAGE. However, generally not more than about a thousand (1,000) or a maximum of 1en thousand (10,000) proteins out of a total of up to 1000,000 proteins that may be available in a biological sample, can be resolved by 2D-PAGE. Therefore, only the most abundant proteins can be visualized by this method.


