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Miklos Muller, Pierre Baudhuin, and Christian De Duve; Lysosomes in Tetrahymena pyriformis I. Some properties and lisosomal localization of acid hydrolases. J.Cell Physiol. 68:165-176, 1966
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In homogenates of Tetrahymena pyriformis, five hydrolases-phosphatase, ribonuclease, deoxyribonuclease, proteinase, amylase-with acid pH optima were found. Over 75% of their activity is sedimentable with a centrifugal force of 250,000 g min-1. Only 17% of the acid phosphatase and ribonuclease is active when assayed in the presence of 0.25 M sucrose at 0 degrees C. Exposure to a lowered osmotic pressure, freezing and thawing, and incubation at temperatures over 0 degrees C result in activation of the latent phosphatase and ribonuclease. After isopycnic centrifugation in a sucrose density gradient the hydrolases show a broad distribution which differs greatly from those of enzymes associated with mitochondria (succinate dehydrogenase) or with peroxisomes (catalase). The results are interpreted as evidence that the five acid hydrolases studied are localized in lysosomes which represent a distinct population of subcellular particles in Tetrahymena.