Lipids purification with sephadex

By means of gel electrophoresis on cross-linked, hydrolyzed starch,99 with simultaneous checking for proteins, lipids, and pectinesterase activity, it was found, however, that the product isolated after the separation on CM-Sephadex C-50 constitutes but one of five multiple forms of tomato pectinesterase, and is the one present in preponderant proportion98 (see Fig. 4). The accompanying lipid and sugar components were separated from this pectinesterase form in the course of the purification procedure. After analysis of the hydro-lyzate of the final product for fatty acids, as well as for carbohydrate components, it was possible to exclude the possibility of a lipoprotein,30 as well as glycoprotein,100 character of this form of tomato pectinesterase. 

For resorcinolic lipids, particularly those with long saturated side-chains, the use of polar solvents is important due to their amphiphilicity. The crude extracts in many cases are subjected to preliminary fractionation/purification either by solvent fractionation/partition or by application of chromatography. For prepurification of the material and its separation from polymerized phenolics, gel filtration on hydrophobic Sephadex or TSK gel is sometimes used. Silica gel is most frequently employed for the separation and/or purification of resorcinolic lipids, notably in some studies with Ononis species (12-14). The array of compounds reported appears partly attributable to methylation or acetylation reactions occurring during column chromatographic separation. An interesting approach for I the pre-purification and selective separation of resorcinolic lipid from phenolic lipids or resorcinolic lipids from impurities has recently been reported. A selective partitioning of different non-isoprenoid phenolic lipids... 

Lipid transfer protein (LTP) was purified from extracts of 72-h-old maize seedlings with gel filtration on a Sephadex G 75 column. Activity was assayed by measuring the ability of a protein fraction to stimulate the transfer of H-phosphatidylcholine from liposomes to mitochondria. Purification and assays were done as described by Douady et al. [4]. 

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