Figure 4.
Analysis of Golgi contamination in isolated rat liver peroxisomal fractions. (A) Indicated amounts of isolated Golgi membranes and peroxisomes (Pox) primed with bovine brain cytosol in the presence of GTP-γS were subjected to SDS-PAGE and immunoblotting using an anti–β′-COP antibody. Note that the signal obtained with 10 μg of peroxisomes equals that of ∼2.5 μg of Golgi membranes. In B varying amounts of unprimed Golgi membranes and peroxisomes (Pox) were separated by SDS-PAGE and visualized by immunoblotting using antisera directed against Golgi P23 and Pmp69p, respectively. Note that the anti-P23 antiserum reliably recognizes 2 μg and even less of Golgi membranes and that even with 10 μg of peroxisomes no P23 immunoreaction product is observed.