Characterization of the bacterial magnetosome membrane.

AUTOR(ES)

Gorby, Y A

RESUMO

Intact magnetosomes of Aquaspirillum magnetotacticum were purified from broken cells by a magnetic separation technique. Electron microscopic and chemical analyses revealed the magnetite to be enclosed by a lipid bilayer admixed with proteins. Lipids were recovered in fractions expected to contain (i) neutral lipids and free fatty acids, (ii) glycolipids and sulfolipids, and (iii) phospholipids (in a weight ratio of 1:4:6). Phospholipids included phosphatidylserine and phosphatidylethanolamine. Two of the numerous proteins detected in the magnetosome membrane were not found in other cell membranes or soluble fractions.

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