LiCl Cell wall wash

LiCl Cell wall wash

Do different cell types contain different wall assocation proteins?

1- Pellet cells (NC64a, SAG) 4 min at 4.5K in F14-6x250y rotor.

2- Suspend in a total of 8 ml pH 7 MOPS buffer

3- Take 4x2 ml aliquots of each (screw cap conical tubes)

4- To one aliquot of each add 220 ml 10M LiCl

4a- Save the other aliquots (cell suspensions) in the frig for further expts

5- Incubate 15 min at RT, then pellet cells (3min at 2K in S4180 rotor).

6- Save supernatants (cell wall wash), ppt 1ml aliquots of each w/TCA.

7- Dissolve pellets in 60 microliters borate cracking buffer w/2mM IAm.

8- 100C for 4 min, then run 3, 8 microliter aliquots on SDS gels