Research Article

Capitalizing Resolving Power of Density Gradient Ultracentrifugation by Freezing and Precisely Slicing Centrifuged Solution: Enabling Identification of Complex Proteins from Mitochondria by Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry

Table 1

Molecular weight of each subunit of complex .

SubunitMW

Alpha (α)59,754
Beta (β)56,563
Gamma (γ)32,997
28,910
24,817
OSCP23,277
18,360
Delta (δ)17,490
14,277/14638/14693
F612,588
11,387
10,787
8 (A6L)7,992
7,802
Epsilon (ε)5,648

Data cited from human mitochondrial protein database was developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology. √ indicates being identifiable, and indicates being not identifiable.