Also, I know Micrococculuteus is actually two words, but I can't figure out where to split them. Web searches are turning up no information! My lab book and biology atlas are no help! Help! I need to put together a study aid for me!
2007-02-01 12:19:49 · 2 answers · asked by Mollyismydog 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
You have both misspelled. And the separation comes after the micro. If you get some stagnant pond water with algae on it, then you can see it for yourself. I would suggest that you be very careful with this. It can be dangerous!!!
Rhapidosomes are tubular micro-structures composed of proteins that are found in a variety of bacteria and algae. These structures, which are resistant to disruption by many denaturing agents, have potential application as a bio-material and may serve as a new model for the study of self assembly. When rhapidosomes were purified and analyzed by SDS-PAGE the presence of three proteins with molecular masses of 53, 29 and 18 kDa was revealed. However, lysozyme treatment of the rhapidosome preparations containing the three proteins resulted in the selective release of the 18 kDa protein from the rhapidosome complex. N-Terminal sequence analysis and amino acid composition analysis were performed on all three proteins. The amino acid composition of the 18 kDa protein closely matched the amino acid composition of protein H (a peptidoglycan-associated protein from Pseudomonas aeruginosa). These results suggest that the 18 kDa protein may be a contaminating peptidoglycan-associated protein and not part of the rhapidosome structure. Western blot analysis using antisera raised against rhapidosomes revealed that the 53 kDa component protein does not react with the antisera.
2007-02-01 12:42:46 · answer #1 · answered by Bigdog 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For pix of Micrococcus luteus:
http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?p=micrococcus%20luteus&sp=1&search=micrococcu+luteus&ei=UTF-8&fr=ks-ques&ico-yahoo-search-value=http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=AtrL_9Gzqh9K4dj4DWdcg7zExQt./SIG=111gjvvgj/*-http://search.yahoo.com/search&ico-wikipedia-search-value=http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=AsEJf_kRl8K9kTuYv6TCd_XExQt./SIG=11ia1qo58/**http%3a//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special%3aSearch&SpellState=n-3694426335_q-tFW7XVCgHFxAwT7b6/IpLgAAAA@@&fr2=tab-web
2007-02-01 20:32:13 · answer #2 · answered by ecolink 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋