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Using this best-fit standard line, estimate the concentration of your purified a

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Question

Using this best-fit standard line, estimate the concentration of your purified and unpurified GFP protein. Show on your graph where these absorbance values intersect the Y-axis, the "best-fit" straight line, and the X-axis.

Protein Sample

Absorbance at 595 nm

0 mg/mL (Buffer)

.430

0.2 mg/mL

.512

0.4 mg/mL

.596

0.6 mg/mL

.724

0.8 mg/mL

.788

1.0 mg/mL

.815

1.2 mg/mL

.890

1.4 mg/mL

.915

1.6 mg/mL

.970

1.8 mg/mL

.990

2.0 mg/mL

1.035

Unpurified GEP

.510

Purified GEP

.520

Protein Sample

Absorbance at 595 nm

0 mg/mL (Buffer)

.430

0.2 mg/mL

.512

0.4 mg/mL

.596

0.6 mg/mL

.724

0.8 mg/mL

.788

1.0 mg/mL

.815

1.2 mg/mL

.890

1.4 mg/mL

.915

1.6 mg/mL

.970

1.8 mg/mL

.990

2.0 mg/mL

1.035

Unpurified GEP

.510

Purified GEP

.520

Explanation / Answer

The equation is

y=0.2974x+0.4903

Here,

y= concentration

x= absorbance

y= 0.2974*0.510+0.4903

= 0.642 mg/ml

Unpurified GEP = 0.642 mg.ml

Purified GEP

y= 0.2974*0.520+0.4903

= 0.644 mg/ml