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Plasma Membranes from Oats Prepared by Partition in an Aqueous Polymer Two-Phase System ¹

On the Use of Light-Induced Cytochrome b Reduction as a Marker for the Plasma Membrane

Department of Plant Physiology, University of Lund, S-220 07 Lund, Sweden, Department of Biochemistry, University of Lund, S-220 07 Lund, Sweden

Presumptive plasma membrane fractions have been prepared from oat (Avena sativa L. cv. Brighton) roots and shoots, respectively, by partition of microsomal fractions in a dextran-polyethylene glycol two-phase system. The plasma membranes had a high affinity for the polyethylene glycol-rich upper phase, whereas membranes from mitochondria and other organelles partitioned in the dextran-rich lower phase or at the interface. Thus, relatively pure plasma membranes were obtained by only two partition steps, and within 3 hours from homogenization of the material.

The plasma membranes from both organs were enriched in K⁺-stimulated Mg²⁺-dependent ATPase and glucan synthetase II, two tentative markers for the plant plasma membrane. Silicotungstic acid, an indicative stain for the plasma membrane, stained the vesicles recovered from the upper phase, but failed to stain the membranes partitioning in the lower phase or at the interface.

The plasma membranes were also enriched in a light-reducible b-cytochrome. This b-cytochrome can be measured by its light-induced absorbance change and may serve as a marker for the plant plasma membrane.

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