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. 1985 Nov;164(2):811–815. doi: 10.1128/jb.164.2.811-815.1985

Enzymatic activities in cell fractions of mycoplasmalike organisms purified from aster yellows-infected plants.

Y K Arora, R C Sinha
PMCID: PMC214323  PMID: 2997132

Abstract

Mycoplasmalike organisms (MLOs), purified from aster yellows-infected plants were osmotically lysed, and the membranes were separated from the cytoplasmic fraction through differential centrifugation. Electron microscopic examinations of sections of the purified MLOs and the isolated membranes showed pleomorphic bodies and unit membranous empty vesicles, respectively. Cell fractions were tested for NADH oxidase, NADPH oxidase, ATPase, RNase, DNase, and p-nitrophenyl phosphatase activity. NADH oxidase and ATPase were confined to the membrane fraction and NADPH oxidase to the cytoplasmic fraction of the MLOs. para-Nitrophenyl phosphatase, RNase, and DNase activities were detected in both membrane and cytoplasmic fractions, but p-nitrophenyl phosphatase and RNase appeared to be associated with membranes and DNase with the cytoplasmic fraction. Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase was found in the cytoplasmic fraction of the MLO cells. Our findings on the distribution of enzymes in MLO cells and cell fractions are the first basic documentation on nonhelical, nonculturable microbes parasitic to plants.

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