The plasma membrane of Malpighian cells from pig epidermis: isolation and lipid and protein composition
- 1 November 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in British Journal of Dermatology
- Vol. 103 (5), 505-516
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2133.1980.tb01665.x
Abstract
A plasma membrane fraction from Malpighian cells was isolated by differential and density gradient centrifugation of a pig epidermal homogenate. It was enriched in the marker enzymes 2-naphthylamidase, 5''-nucleotidase, phosphodiesterase I and acid phosphatase and depleted of NADH-ferricyanide reductase and cytochrome c oxidase. It had a protein to lipid ratio of 3:2 by weight. The protein composition was complex with compounds ranging from a MW of 150,000 down to 13,000. Major components with MW 120,000 to 90,000 were glycoproteins. Two other components had MW of 39,000 (actin ?) and 24,000. There were minor components with MW from 63,000 to 46,000. About 76% of the total lipid was present as phospholipid, which was enriched in sphingomyelin. Most of the neutral lipids were accounted for by cholesterol, triacylglycerols and fatty acids; very little glycosphingolipid was present. The preparation was probably derived from non-desmosomal areas of the plasma membrane of Malpighian cells, as desmosomes were not seen in the preparation.This publication has 26 references indexed in Scilit:
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