Abstract
We had previously separated the ribosome-complexed and -free membrane fractions of Bacillus subtilis by sedimentation in a biphasic sucrose gradient. We now have found that the complexed fraction is contaminated with ribosome-free vesicles and that these can be removed by equilibrium density centrifugation. With this improved preparation, it could be shown that the penicillin-binding proteins are present almost exclusively in the ribosome-free membrane fraction. It thus appears that the fragmentation of the membrane in the lysing protoplast yields separate vesicles for the domains involved in protein translocation and for those involved in the synthesis and reshaping of the peptidoglycan. An enzyme of lipid synthesis (phosphatidylserine synthase) and also H+-ATPase were similarly found to be concentrated, but less exclusively, in the ribosome-free membrane fraction.
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