COATED VESICLES FROM PIG BRAIN - PURIFICATION AND BIOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION
COATED VESICLES FROM PIG BRAIN - PURIFICATION AND BIOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION
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DOI:
10.1016/s0022-2836(75)80024-6
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发表时间:
1975-01-01
影响因子:
5.6
通讯作者:
PEARSE, BMF
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作者:
PEARSE, BMF
Electron microscopy of various tissues has revealed the existence of intracellular vesicles with “coats” on their cytoplasmic surfaces. Such vesicles have been seen associated with micropinocytosis. A simple and rapid procedure for the purification of coated vesicles from pig brain has been developed. The structures obtained have an external diameter of about 600 Å and a remarkable network-like appearance. The most striking observation about these vesicles, reported here, is that they contain essentially just one protein species, having an apparent molecular weight on sodium dodecyl sulphate gels of about 180,000. Digestion of the coats with trypsin or Pronase shows that most of this protein is located on the external surface (i.e. facing the cytoplasm) of these structures. The lipid vesicles thus liberated appear to have an external diameter of about 350 Å. An estimate of the number of protein molecules per vesicle is consistent with the coat having an icosahedral arrangement of subunits.