Immunomagnetic Purification of Colletotrichum lindemuthianum Appressoria
AUTOR(ES)
Hutchison, Katie A.
FONTE
American Society for Microbiology
RESUMO
We developed a method to purify appressoria of the bean anthracnose fungus Colletotrichum lindemuthianum for biochemical analysis of the cell surface and to compare appressoria with other fungal structures. We used immunomagnetic separation after incubation of infected bean leaf homogenates with a monoclonal antibody that binds strongly to the appressoria. Preparations with a purity of >90% could be obtained. Examination of the purified appressoria by transmission electron microscopy showed that most had lost their cytoplasm. However, the plasma membrane was retained, suggesting that there is some form of attachment of this membrane to the cell wall. The purified appressoria can be used for studies of their cell surface, and we have shown that there are clear differences in the glycoprotein constituents of cell walls of appressoria compared with mycelium.
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