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ArticleYeast (Chichester, England)2014

A protocol for the subcellular fractionation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae using nitrogen cavitation and density gradient centrifugation.

Yuchong Wang, Kathryn S Lilley, Stephen G Oliver

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Article in Yeast (Chichester, England), 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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Yuchong WangCambridge Systems Biology Centre and Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, UK.
Kathryn S Lilley
Stephen G Oliver

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/F004389/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/F00446X/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Most protocols for yeast subcellular fractionation involve the use of mechanical shear forces to lyse the spheroplasts produced by the enzymatic digestion of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae cell wall. These mechanical homogenization procedures often involve the manual use of devices such as the Dounce homogenizer, and so are very operator-dependent and, in consequence, lack reproducibility. Here, we report a highly reproducible method of homogenizing yeast cells based on nitrogen cavitation. This has been optimized to allow efficient release of subcellular compartments that show a high degree of integrity. The protocol remains effective and reproducible across a range of sample volumes and buffer environments. The subsequent separation method, which employs both sucrose and iodixanol density gradients, has been developed to resolve the major membrane-bound compartments of S. cerevisiae. We present an integrated protocol that is fast, facile, robust and efficient and that will enable 'omics' studies of the subcellular compartments of S. cerevisiae and other yeasts.

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Cell FractionationCentrifugation, Density GradientOrganellesReproducibility of ResultsSaccharomyces cerevisiaeSubcellular FractionsTime Factorsdensity-gradient centrifugationnitrogen cavitationorganellesSaccharomycessubcellular fractionation

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PMID24510422
PMCPMC4282465

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