A modified procedure for separating yeast peroxisomes from mitochondria.

Methods Enzymol

Interfaculty Institute of Biochemistry, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany. Electronic address:

Published: October 2024

Mitochondria and peroxisomes are mutually dependent organelles that share several membrane proteins that carry out the same function in both organelles. To study the unique features of these dually localized proteins in each of the two organelles, it is essential to separate mitochondria from peroxisomes. Isolating organelles from cells of Baker's yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, is crucial for our understanding of the biogenesis and functions of proteins. Traditionally, subcellular fractionation and isolation of individual organelles by differential centrifugation benefit from the specific and unique density of each organelle. However, when yeast cells are grown under normal conditions, certain organelles like mitochondria and peroxisomes share strikingly similar densities. This similarity challenges the separation of these organelles from one another. In this chapter, we describe an optimized procedure to address this task. We depict growth conditions that would favor stimulation of peroxisomes to increase their number and density, and portray organellar isolation followed by gradient centrifugation, enabling an improved separation of both organelles. Additionally, we illustrate the advantage of the procedure to study the dual localization of the membrane protein Fis1.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/bs.mie.2024.07.046DOI Listing

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