ELECTROPHORETIC RESOLUTION OF MAJOR OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN OF ESCHERICHIA-COLI-K12 INTO 4 BANDS
ELECTROPHORETIC RESOLUTION OF MAJOR OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN OF ESCHERICHIA-COLI-K12 INTO 4 BANDS
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DOI:
10.1016/0014-5793(75)80272-9
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发表时间:
1975-01-01
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影响因子:
3.5
通讯作者:
VANALPHEN, L
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作者:
LUGTENBERG, B;MEIJERS, J;VANALPHEN, L
The cell envelope of Enterobacteriaceae consists of two membranes separated by a peptidoglycan layer. Methods have been developed to separate the cytoplasmic membrane from the outer membrane [1, 2]. The outer membrane of Escherichia coli contains 60% of the envelope protein [l]. Using polyacrylamide gelelectrophoresis, Schnaitman found six protein bands in the outer membrane fraction, of which one band (mol. wt 44 000) accounted for 70% of the total outer membrane protein [11. This protein was referred to as the ‘major outer membrane protein’. Schnaitman recently reported that this major outer membrane protein of E. coli strain 0 111-B4 could be resolved into three distinct bands, designated as protein bands 1, 2 and 3. Only bands 1 and 3 were found in E. coli K12 [3]. Henning et al.[4] too found that the major protein of outer membrane preparations of E. coli K12 could be resolved into two bands, for which they reported mol. wts of approx. 40 000. Ames has applied the gelelectrophoresis system of Laemmli [S] very successfully for the separation of the major envelope protein of Salmonella typhimurium. However, in cell envelopes of E. cofi K12 strain HfrH she found only two major bands with mol. wts of 29 000 and 33 000 [6]. Also the system described by Neville [7] resolves the major outer membrane protein of E. cob K12 into two bands [8]. In this paper we describe a new gelelectrophoresis system which results in a better resolution of the major outer membrane protein of E. coli K12. The designation ‘major outer membrane protein’is mis-