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Isolation of Highly Purified, Intact, and Functional Mitochondria from Potato Tubers Using a Two-in-One Percoll Density Gradient

Møller, Ian Max and Rasmusson, Allan G. LU (2022) In Methods in Molecular Biology 2363. p.39-50
Abstract

The isolation of mitochondria from potato tubers (Solanum tuberosum L.) is described, but the methodology can easily be adapted to other storage tissues. After homogenization of the tissue, filtration and differential centrifugation, the key step is a Percoll density gradient centrifugation. The Percoll gradient contains two parts: a bottom part containing Percoll in 0.3 M sucrose, and a slightly less dense top part containing Percoll in 0.3 M mannitol. After centrifugation, a density gradient is formed that is almost linear in the central part, and this is where the band containing the purified intact mitochondria is formed. This method makes it possible to process large amounts of plant material (2–6 kg) and saves at least 1.5 h on... (More)

The isolation of mitochondria from potato tubers (Solanum tuberosum L.) is described, but the methodology can easily be adapted to other storage tissues. After homogenization of the tissue, filtration and differential centrifugation, the key step is a Percoll density gradient centrifugation. The Percoll gradient contains two parts: a bottom part containing Percoll in 0.3 M sucrose, and a slightly less dense top part containing Percoll in 0.3 M mannitol. After centrifugation, a density gradient is formed that is almost linear in the central part, and this is where the band containing the purified intact mitochondria is formed. This method makes it possible to process large amounts of plant material (2–6 kg) and saves at least 1.5 h on the preparation time compared to methods where two consecutive purification methods are used. Nonetheless, it yields large amounts of mitochondria (50–125 mg protein) of very high purity, intactness and functionality.

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Amyloplast envelope, Mitochondria, Percoll gradient purification, Peroxisomes, Potato tubers, Solanum tuberosum, Starch
host publication
Plant Mitochondria : Methods and Protocols - Methods and Protocols
series title
Methods in Molecular Biology
editor
Van Aken, Olivier and Rasmusson, Allan G.
volume
2363
pages
12 pages
publisher
Humana Press
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  • pmid:34545484
  • scopus:85115831808
ISSN
1064-3745
1940-6029
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978-1-0716-1653-6
978-1-0716-1652-9
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10.1007/978-1-0716-1653-6_4
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English
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Publisher Copyright: © 2022, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
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  author       = {{Møller, Ian Max and Rasmusson, Allan G.}},
  booktitle    = {{Plant Mitochondria : Methods and Protocols}},
  editor       = {{Van Aken, Olivier and Rasmusson, Allan G.}},
  isbn         = {{978-1-0716-1653-6}},
  issn         = {{1064-3745}},
  keywords     = {{Amyloplast envelope; Mitochondria; Percoll gradient purification; Peroxisomes; Potato tubers; Solanum tuberosum; Starch}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{39--50}},
  publisher    = {{Humana Press}},
  series       = {{Methods in Molecular Biology}},
  title        = {{Isolation of Highly Purified, Intact, and Functional Mitochondria from Potato Tubers Using a Two-in-One Percoll Density Gradient}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-1653-6_4}},
  doi          = {{10.1007/978-1-0716-1653-6_4}},
  volume       = {{2363}},
  year         = {{2022}},
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