Abstract
Techniques for the isolation and purification of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) from aleurone layers of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) were assessed. Neither differential centrifugation nor density gradient centrifugation of a homogenate separate the ER or other organelles of this tissue from the lipidcontaining spherosomes. Isopycnic sucrose gradient centrifugation of organelles first purified by molecular sieve chromatography on Sepharose 4B, however, results in separation of the organelles based on their differing buoyant densities. Manipulation of the magnesium concentration of the isolation media and density-gradient solutions affords isolation of ER at a density of 1.13–1.14 g cc-1 and 1.17–1.18 g cc-1. Electron microscopy shows that the membranes sedimenting at 1.13–1.14 g cc-1 are devoid of ribosomes and are characteristic of smooth ER, while those sedimenting at 1.17–1.18 g cc-1 are studded with ribosomes and have the features of rough ER. Endoplasmic reticulum isolated by isopycnic density gradient centrifugation can be further purified by rate-zonal centrifugation.
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Abbreviations
- EDTA:
-
ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid
- ER:
-
endoplasmic reticulum
- GA:
-
gibberellin
- GA3 :
-
gibberellic acid
- Trizma:
-
tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane
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Jones, R.L. The isolation of endoplasmic reticulum from barley aleurone layers. Planta 150, 58–69 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00385616
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