Abstract
The many members of the Ras superfamily are small GTPases that serve as molecular switches. These proteins bind the guanine nucleotides GTP and GDP with picomolar affinities, thereby stabilizing on- and off-signaling states, respectively. Quantitative in vitro Ras studies require accurate determination of total protein, its fractional occupancy with guanine nucleotide, and spectroscopic purity. Yet the high nucleotide affinity of Ras and the overlapping UV spectra of the protein and bound nucleotide make such determinations challenging. Here we describe a generalizable UV spectral deconvolution method to analyze the total protein concentration, total nucleotide stoichiometry, and purity of Ras complexes.
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