Reconstitution of Neutral Amino Acid Transport System from Ehrlich Ascites Tumor Cells
- 1 January 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Membrane Biochemistry
- Vol. 2 (1) , 149-158
- https://doi.org/10.3109/09687687809063863
Abstract
Amino acid transport systems for alanine and leucine have been reconstituted into artificial lipid vesicles. Purified plasma membrane vesicles from Ehrlich ascites cells were dissolved in 2% sodium cholate, 1 mM dithiothreitol, 0.5 mM EDTA, a mixture which solubilized approximately 50% of the membrane protein. This solubilized protein fraction was further purified by a combination of ammonium sulfate precipitations, gel filtration, and DEAE-cellulose chromatography. A fraction containing approximately 15 Coomassie blue staining bands on sodium dodecyl sulfate gels was obtained. This material was reconstituted into liposomes, and preliminary results demonstrated transport of alanine and leucine dependent on a sodium gradient. In addition, an electrogenic gradient mediated by valinomycin-induced potassium diffusion seemed to stimulate alanine uptake further.Keywords
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