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Plant Physiology 54:780-783 (1974)
© 1974 American Society of Plant Biologists

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An Improved Method for the Isolation of Spinach Chloroplast Envelope Membranes

Raymond P. Poincelot and Peter R. Day

Departments of Biochemistry and Genetics, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven, Connecticut 06504

A three-phase, discontinuous sucrose gradient yielded two distinct fractions of envelope membranes from spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) chloroplasts. Their buoyant densities were 1.08 g cm–3 and 1.11 g cm–3. Electron micrographs showed the lighter and heavier fractions to consist primarily of single and double membranes, respectively. The milligrams of lipid-milligrams of protein ratio for the complete envelope membrane (double membrane fraction) was 1.74. Thin layer chromatograms showed that the lipids of the complete envelope membranes were similar to those found in earlier preparations which consisted of single and double membranes. This isolation procedure is superior to earlier methods in that the percentage of complete envelope membranes is greater and the yield is almost three times as great. Enzymatic and chemical analyses and microscopic examination showed the complete envelope membranes were free of bacterial, fungal, microsomal, mitochondrial, and lamellar membrane contamination as well as stromal contamination. The specific activities of nonlatent Mg2+ -dependent ATPase (80 µmoles of phosphate released hr–1 mg protein–1) were about 10-fold higher than those values found with earlier preparations consisting of single and double membranes, indicating that the ATPase is largely lost in preparations containing single membranes. These higher values show that the ATPase is located in the double membrane and probably functions in the transport processes of the envelope membrane.






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