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. 1979 Feb;137(2):818–823. doi: 10.1128/jb.137.2.818-823.1979

Lipoprotein synthesis in Escherichia coli spheroplasts: accumulation of lipoprotein in cytoplasmic membrane.

H Kanazawa, H C Wu
PMCID: PMC218362  PMID: 370102

Abstract

Synthesis of cell envelope proteins was studied in ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid-lysozyme spheroplasts of Escherichia coli ML30. The rate of incorporation of [3H]arginine into proteins in spheroplasts was about 30% of that of intact cells. Sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of proteins synthesized in spheroplasts revealed the preferential synthesis of five polypeptides, one of which has been identified as the free form of murein lipoprotein. Lipoprotein synthesized in spheroplasts was found to be of same molecular size as that of mature lipoprotein. No prolipoprotein was observed even with a short pulse-labeling with [3H]arginine. On the other hand, significant accumulation of newly synthesized lipoprotein in the cytoplasmic membrane fraction of spheroplasts was observed. These results suggest that the processing of prolipoprotein occurs in the cytoplasmic membrane fraction of the cell envelope.

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