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Purified intact protoplasts were isolated from etiolated and greening leaves of Avena sativa. They were ruptured by forcing them through a 20-μm aperture nylon net and immediately thereafter fractionated into a pure pellet of plastids (well above 70% of total plastids), a layer of mitochondria only slightly contaminated by other cellular constituents (about 50% of total mitochondria), and a cytoplasmic supernatant. This was achieved within 60 s by an integrated method of homogenation of protoplasts and centrifugal filtration of the homogenate on a gradient of silicone oils, contained together with the nylon net in 450 μl microtubes, and verified by comparing the levels of activity of specific markers within the three fractions obtained. With appropriate modifications to immediately quench metabolic reactions within the fractions, this method allows the determination of metabolite levels within plastids, mitochondria, and the cytoplasmic compartment of intact protoplasts. The applicability of this technique is demonstrated by the determination of ATP in the plastids, mitochondria, and the cytoplasm of protoplasts obtained from etiolated and greening primary leaves of Avena. The levels of ATP, corrected for contamination of the fractions by each other, exhibit a pronounced transient increase during greening, especially within the cytoplasm.
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Abbreviations
- BSA:
-
bovine serum albumin
- Cyt c:
-
cytochrome c
- EDTA:
-
ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid
- HEPES:
-
N-2-hydroxyethyl-piperazine-N′-2-ethane sulphonic acid
- MES:
-
2(N-morpholino) ethane sulphonic acid
- PGA:
-
3-phosphoglyceric acid
- PEP:
-
phosphoenol pyruvic acid
- RuBP:
-
ribulose-1.5-bis-phosphate
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Hampp, R. Rapid separation of the plastid, mitochondrial, and cytoplasmic fractions from intact leaf protoplasts of Avena . Planta 150, 291–298 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00384658
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