title: Lipid-protein ratios by infrared spectroscopy.
abstract: A method for measuring the ratio of diacyl phospholipid to protein in lipid-protein mixtures and membranes by infrared spectroscopy is described. Samples made of diacyl phospholipid and proteins mixed in known ratios were analyzed for lipid-protein ratio by the infrared (ir) method. Results had a standard deviation of less than +/- 4% over the lipid-protein molar ratio range of 9:1 to 320:1. Calculations of the ratio of total lipid to protein require that the diacyl phospholipid-to-protein ratio be divided by the mole fraction of diacyl phospholipid in the total lipid. Phospholipid-protein ratios for various sarcoplasmic reticulum membrane preparations (R1-washed, octylglucoside purified, deoxycholate treated) were determined by the ir method and compared to literature values. Also, phospholipid-protein ratios were determined for R1-washed sarcoplasmic reticulum by three chemical analyses using different protein assays and were compared with ratios obtained by the infrared method. The infrared results were closest to those of a chemical method designed specifically for membrane proteins.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases / Q000032:analysis; D008297:Male; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D008722:Methods; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000032:analysis*; D011506:Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D011817:Rabbits; D012519:Sarcoplasmic Reticulum / Q000032:analysis; D013055:Spectrophotometry, Infrared
chemical_list: D008565:Membrane Proteins; D010743:Phospholipids; D011506:Proteins; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases