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. 1976 Aug;109(1-2):9-14.
doi: 10.1007/BF00425106.

Localization of mannan at the surface of yeast protoplasts by scanning electron microscopy

M Horisberger, J Rosset, H Bauer

Localization of mannan at the surface of yeast protoplasts by scanning electron microscopy

M Horisberger et al. Arch Microbiol. 1976 Aug.

Abstract

The beta(1-3)glucanase of Basidiomycete QM 806 was used to prepare Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Candida utilis protoplasts. Plasma membranes isolated from S. cerevisiae contained a small amount of mannose and traces of glucose and ribose. Randomly distributed alpha-mannan was detected by scanning electron microscopy at the surface of prefixed protoplasts using colloidal gold labelled with Concanavalin A as a marker. C. utilis protoplasts were also marked with anti-mannan antibodies. Again the distribution of mannan was random. This experiment indicated also that plasma membrane mannan has the same immunochemical determinants as cell wall mannan. It is hypothesized that mannan is mainly located in the outer layer of plasma membranes.

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