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Solubilization of pig lymphocyte plasma membrane and fractionation of some of the components.


ABSTRACT: The degree of solubilization of pig lymphocyte plasma membrane by sodium deoxycholate was determined at a variety of temperatures and detergent concentrations. Approx. 95% of the membrane protein was soluble in 2% deoxycholate at 23 degrees C. Some of the biological activities of the membrane survived this treatment. The leucine beta-naphthylamidase activity was more readily soluble than the 5'-nucleotidase and these enzymes could be separated by extraction with 0.5% deoxycholate at 0 degrees C. Membrane solubilized in 2% deoxycholate at 23 degrees C was fractionated by sucrose-density-gradient centrifugation in 1% deoxycholate. The phospholipid was separated from the protein, which formed a fairly symmetrical peak that sedimented slightly slower than ovalbumin; the leucine naphthylamidase and 5'-nucleotidase activities were resolved from each other and from the main protein peak. Similar separations were achieved by elution from Sephadex G-200 and Sepharose 6B in 1% deoxycholate. The main proteins, however, appeared to possess much higher molecular weights than those indicated by sucrose-density-gradient centrifugation. This disparity suggests that many of the membrane proteins have a rod-like shape, especially since the results of experiments with [(14)C]deoxycholate revealed that the proteins did not bind significant amounts of deoxycholate. In contrast, 5'-nucleotidase and leucine naphthylamidase appeared to be globular. Polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis of membrane solubilized in sodium dodecyl sulphate gave a similar distribution of protein to that achieved by sucrose-density-gradient centrifugation. Trace amounts only of polypeptides of molecular weight less than 10000 were detected.

SUBMITTER: Allan D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1177097 | biostudies-other | 1971 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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