Isolation and Characterization of Tubules and Plasma Membranes from Cytophaga columnaris
AUTOR(ES)
Kuhrt, Michael
RESUMO
Tubular structures are released from cells of Cytophaga columnaris after lysis of the cells. To determine the nature of these tubules, they were purified and their composition was determined. Tubules were isolated after treating cell lysates with 1.0% sodium dodecyl sulfate at pH 8.1, which solubilizes all structural components except tubules. Plasma membranes from the same organism were isolated by discontinuous sucrose gradient centrifugation of lysed cells. Both tubules and membranes are composed of lipids and proteins. Lipids extracted from tubules and plasma membranes produced similar patterns when examined by thin-layer chromatography. Proteins solubilized from membranes were separated into 14 bands by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, whereas those solubilized from tubules separated into only 5 bands. The presence of lipids in tubules from C. columnaris supports the idea that they are derived from membranes of intact cells. In this respect they are similar to tubules produced by cells of Clostridium botulinum and different from other tubular structures (“rhapidosomes”) found in cells of Saprospira grandis.
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