How are you going to test that the chemical you are using is strong enough to kill the protein ?

Question: How are you going to test that the chemical you are using is strong enough to kill the protein ?

Asked by nsam to Deuan on 14 Jun 2010 in Categories: Your Research.
- Deuan Jones answered on 14 Jun 2010:
  
  Well once I have a chemical that can stop a protein working, and if I know that protein is essential to the parasite then that chemical should also kill the parasites. SO I grow some of the parasites and add the chemical and leave it for 3 days to give it a chance to work (I usually do lots at a time) and then I use different tests to see if the parasites are still alive or not.
  
  When it doesn’t work is when it get’s interesting though – sometimes we have chemicals that stop the protein working but won’t have any affect on the cells and we have to try and work out why so that we can fix the problem.

Question: How are you going to test that the chemical you are using is strong enough to kill the protein ?