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Analyzing the Vacuolar Membrane (Tonoplast) Proteome

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Part of the Methods in Molecular Biology book series (MIMB, volume 1696)

Abstract

A large number of proteins in the vacuolar membrane (VM; tonoplast), including transporters and receptors, support the various functions of the vacuole. Molecular analysis of membrane proteins is an essential step in understanding how the vacuole operates but so far only a small number of tonoplast proteins have been identified at the molecular level. Accordingly, mutant lines with altered level of tonoplast proteins for characterizing their physiological roles have been developed sparsely. Also, detecting activities of tonoplast proteins remains difficult as it requires a certain degree of enrichment of this organelle fraction. In order to extend our understanding of the vacuole, several groups have turned to proteomic analysis of tonoplast membrane proteins. A primary requirement of any organelle analysis by proteomics is that the purity of the isolated organelle needs to be high so that its composition can be accurately analyzed with mass spectrometry. In this chapter, we describe a simple method for the isolation of intact vacuoles and subsequent proteome analysis of the VM fraction of cells from Arabidopsis suspension cultures.

Key words

Arabidopsis DRM (detergent-resistant membrane) DSM (detergent-soluble membrane) Microdomain Plant cell Proteome Proteomics Tonoplast Vacuole Vacuolar membrane 
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Acknowledgments

We are grateful to Dr. Rob Reid (University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia) for his kind discussion and correction of this manuscript.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Department of Biology, Graduate School of ScienceKobe UniversityKobeJapan

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