TABLE 1.
Cell fractiona | % Total recovery (n = 4)
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AADHb | Azurinc | Cytochromed | Malate dehydrogenasee | |
Periplasm | 73.9 ± 2.5 | 76.5 ± 3.1 | 100 | 7.5 ± 0.9 |
Cytoplasm | 24.3 ± 2.1 | 24.5 ± 0.3 | 0 | 89.8 ± 3.1 |
Membrane | 1.6 ± 0.2 | NDf | 0 | 2.6 ± 0.1 |
Cells were fractionated as described in Fig. 1.
The steady-state assay for AADH activity was performed as described previously (12).
The amount of purified azurin was quantitated using the extinction coefficient ɛ600 = 4,000 M−1 cm−1 (13).
Cytochrome c levels were quantitated by performing densitometry of the heme-stained proteins after SDS-PAGE.
The assay of malate dehydrogenase was performed as described previously (1).
ND, it was not possible to determine what azurin if any remains associated with the membrane fraction as it is a soluble protein that can be detected only spectrophotometrically.