| Title | Adsorption of Pb^2+ in the components of bacterial cell membrane |
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| Author | Kim, Mal Nam |
| Address | Department of Biology, SangMyung Women's University |
| Bibliography | Journal of Microbiology, 33(4),278-282, 1995, |
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| Key Words | Staphylococcus epidemidis, lead ion, adsorption, cell membrane, lipid protein |
| Abstract | S. epidermidis cell was fractionated into cell wall, cell membrane and cytoplasm. The cell membrane adsorbed the most abundant Pb^2+ per unit dry weight of the three fractions tested. Adsorption behavior of Pb^2+ in lipid and protein, which are the main components of the cell membrane, indicated that phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphatidylinositol having phosphoryl group and gangliosides containing carboxyl groups adsorbed much more Pb^2+ than triglycerides lacking any chargeable functional groups. Protein purified from cell membrane adsorbed larger amount of Pb^2+ than total native cell membrane or cell membrane lipid. |
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