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  • Title: Factors affecting the reaggregation of rat brain microsomes solubilized with octyl glucoside and their relationship with the base-exchange activity of reaggregates.
    Author: Corazzi L, Arienti G.
    Journal: Biochim Biophys Acta; 1987 Oct 02; 903(2):277-82. PubMed ID: 3651463.
    Abstract:
    Rat brain microsomal membranes disaggregated by exposure to octyl glucoside were recovered by centrifugation after dialytic removal of the detergent. The composition of the dialysis medium (divalent cations, pH) was important to this effect; indeed, the reaggregation process which occurred during the dialytic step required the presence of either Ca2+ or Mg2+ and a slightly acidic pH. The lipid protein/ratio and choline and ethanolamine base-exchange of recovered particles depended on the conditions of dialysis although their lipid composition did not. The lipid composition of membranes was also varied by adding PE or PC to octyl glucoside-microsome suspensions. This treatment produced reaggregates possessing a low content of cholesterol and varying PC/PE ratios. Both choline and ethanolamine base-exchange activities were related to this parameter.
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