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. 2013 Aug 16;8(8):e72560. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0072560

Table 2. Nature of liposome-specific domains and membrane-specific domain of SecA a .

Membrane (%)
Liposomes (%)
Liposomes+N39 (%)
TK Na2CO3 Heparin TK Na2CO3 Heparin TK Na2CO3 Heparin
SecA 100 123±7.2 68±12 100 130±9.5 81±33 100 115±12 95±34
68kDa 100 113±10 92±23 100 128±7.8 88±31 100 110±25 75±23
48kDa 100 36±4 102±19 100 42±8.3 100±33 100 50±20 106±34
39kDa 100 101±13 100±28 100 130±25 80±36 100 100±17 68±9.3

aReaction mixtures with 1 µg [35S]SecA were incubated and treated as in Fig. 5.C. The membranes, liposomes and liposomes with N39 (20 µg/ml) and were recovered by centrifugation and re-suspended in 100 μl of TK buffer, 10 mg/ml heparin or 0.1 M Na2CO3 (pH 11) respectively. After incubation on ice for 30 min, the liposomes and membranes were recovered by centrifugation and were analyzed by SDS-PAGE and autoradiography. The quantities of remaining SecA fragments in liposomes and membranes were determined by Quantity One software, using these in TK buffer as 100%. All experiments were carried out for 3-5 times.