Outer envelope membranes from chloroplasts are isolated as right-side-out vesicles

Waegemann, Karin; Eichacker, Susanne und Soll, Jürgen (1992): Outer envelope membranes from chloroplasts are isolated as right-side-out vesicles. In: Planta, Bd. 187, Nr. 1: S. 89-94

Abstract

Outer envelope membranes were isolated from purified chloroplasts of pea leaves. The sidedness of the vesicles was analyzed by (i) aqueous polymer-two phase partitioning, (ii) the effect of limited proteolysis on the outer-envelope proteins (OEP) 86 and OEP 7 in intact organelles and isolated membranes, (iii) fluorescence-microscopy and finally (iv) binding of precursor polypeptides to isolated outer-membrane vesicles. The results demonstrate that purified outer envelope membranes occur largely (>90%) as right-side-out vesicles.

• Dokumententyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
• Keywords: Chloroplast (outer envelope membrane) - Membrane orientation - Pisum (chloroplasts) - Vesicle sidedness
• Fakultät: Biologie
• Themengebiete: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik > 570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie