Membrane protein and glycoprotein composition of beef brain synaptic vesicles

✍ Scribed by Dr. Christiane Richter-Landsberg; Prof. Dr. Volker Neuhoff; Dr. Thomas V. Waehneldt

• Book ID: 102911000
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1977
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 693 KB
• Volume: 3
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0360-4012
• DOI: 10.1002/jnr.490030204

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Synaptic vesicles were isolated from adult bovine cortical gray matter by differential centrifugation and membrane filtration of a hypoosmotically lysed crude mitochondrial fraction. Vesicle preparations were analyzed for purity by electron microscopy and enzyme assays. Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of SDS‐solubilized and 2‐mercaptoethanol‐reduced vesicle membrane proteins revealed 4 major proteins with molecular weights ranging from 17,000 to 60,000, and about 10 minor proteins with molecular weights up to 170,000. The protein profile of the Triton X‐100‐extracted vesicle membranes was less complex, with 1 major protein and 5 minor bands. The major protein of the Triton extract was identified as a glycoprotein with a molecular weight of 45,000. Two additional minor PAS‐positive bands were seen, with molecular weights of 78,000 and 95,000.