Abstract
Spheroplast production by lysozyme and ethylenediaminetetraacetate (EDTA) was examined as a means of obtaining osmotically sensitive cells for studies of enzyme localization. Physiologically young cells plasmolyzed with 0.5 m sucrose in 0.01 m tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane (Tris) buffer ( p H 7, 8, or 9) were quantitatively converted to plasmolyzed osmotically sensitive rods after lysozyme treatment. Although such cells were osmotically sensitive, a 1:1 dilution in Tris buffer was necessary for conversion of rods into spheroplasts. Addition of EDTA resulted in a rapid conversion of the plasmolyzed spheroplasts into spherical structures devoid of a plasmolysis vacuole. These structures, which we call EDTA-lysozyme spheroplasts, contained a number of attached membranes. We believe that this conversion results from a weakening of the outer trilaminar component of the cell wall by EDTA, resulting in the collapse of the plasmolysis vacuole. Dilution of sucrose below 0.15 m also resulted in the collapse of the plasmolysis vacuole. Both the lysozyme spheroplasts and the EDTA-lysozyme spheroplasts were osmotically sensitive. Thin sections of the EDTA-lysozyme spheroplasts demonstrated that the outer trilaminar component of the cell wall was broken, exposing large areas of the cytoplasmic membrane to the environment.
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Deposited | 3 years, 11 months ago (Sept. 3, 2021, 9:55 p.m.) |
Indexed | 2 months, 2 weeks ago (June 12, 2025, 12:28 p.m.) |
Issued | 58 years, 8 months ago (Jan. 1, 1967) |
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@article{Birdsell_1967, title={Production and Ultrastructure of Lysozyme and Ethylenediaminetetraacetate-Lysozyme Spheroplasts of Escherichia coli}, volume={93}, ISSN={1098-5530}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/jb.93.1.427-437.1967}, DOI={10.1128/jb.93.1.427-437.1967}, number={1}, journal={Journal of Bacteriology}, publisher={American Society for Microbiology}, author={Birdsell, D. C. and Cota-Robles, E. H.}, year={1967}, month=jan, pages={427–437} }