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. 1982 Mar;92(3):822-32.
doi: 10.1083/jcb.92.3.822.

Hepatic Golgi fractions resolved into membrane and content subfractions

K E Howell, G E Palade

Hepatic Golgi fractions resolved into membrane and content subfractions

K E Howell et al. J Cell Biol. 1982 Mar.

Abstract

Golgi fractions isolated from rat liver homogenates have been resolved into membrane and content subfractions by treatment with 100 mM Na2CO3 pH 11.3. This procedure permitted extensive extraction of content proteins and lipoproteins, presumably because it caused an alteration of Golgi membranes that minimized the reformation of closed vesicles. The type and degree of contamination of the fractions was assessed by electron microscopy and biochemical assays. The membrane subfraction retained 15% of content proteins and lipids, and these could not be removed by various washing procedures. The content subfraction was contaminated by both membrane fragments and vesicles and accounted for 5 to 10% of the membrane enzyme activities of the original Golgi fraction. The lipid compositions of the subfractions was determined, and the phospholipids of both membrane and content were found to be uniformly labeled with [33P]phosphate administered in vivo.

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