title: Purification of a high molecular weight membrane protein by fast protein liquid chromatography: the ATPase complex of a thermophilic cyanobacterium.
abstract: Fast protein liquid chromatography (FPLC) with a strong anion-exchange (Mono Q) column is applied to the purification of a high molecular weight membrane protein. The ATPase complex of the thermophilic cyanobacterium Synechococcus 6716, partially purified by ammonium sulfate precipitation, was fractionated in the presence of the detergent octylglucoside. The ATPase complex containing fractions were eluted by a linear NaCl gradient at about 0.4 M and within 10 min. The FPLC fractions were analyzed for protein and pigment contents and by polypeptide composition. The purest fraction is essentially free of pigments and has a high specific ATP hydrolysis activity (about 1.6 mumol ATP X min-1 X mg protein-1) which is sensitive to N,N'-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide.
mesh_terms: D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases / Q000032:analysis*; D002853:Chromatography, Liquid; D000458:Cyanobacteria / Q000201:enzymology*; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D008565:Membrane Proteins; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases