You were working with mouse mitochondrial proteins, and as a routine, you have isolated muscle tissues and homogenized it in ice-cold conditions. Following homogenization, purification was carried out by differential velocity centrifugation, equilibrium density gradient centrifugation, and finally, you have collected the fractions. But you have failed to detect any mitochondrial marker enzyme citrate synthase activity in the fractions. When you visualized the samples under the microscopes, you observed broken organelle debris due to severe proteolytic degradation. Which of the following statement may justify the cause of this result?

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You were working with mouse
mitochondrial proteins, and as a routine,
you have isolated muscle tissues and
homogenized it in ice-cold conditions.
Following homogenization, purification
was carried out by differential velocity
centrifugation, equilibrium density gradient
centrifugation, and finally, you have
collected the fractions. But you have failed
to detect any mitochondrial marker
enzyme citrate synthase activity in the
fractions. When you visualized the
samples under the microscopes, you
observed broken organelle debris due to
severe proteolytic degradation. Which of
the following statement may justify the
cause of this result?
You have probably forgotten to add
protease in the homogenization buffer
You have probably forgotten to add
phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride (PMSF) into
the homogenization buffer
You have probably forgotten to add trypsin
and EDTA into the homogenization buffer
All of the other answer choices can justify
your experimental result
Transcribed Image Text:You were working with mouse mitochondrial proteins, and as a routine, you have isolated muscle tissues and homogenized it in ice-cold conditions. Following homogenization, purification was carried out by differential velocity centrifugation, equilibrium density gradient centrifugation, and finally, you have collected the fractions. But you have failed to detect any mitochondrial marker enzyme citrate synthase activity in the fractions. When you visualized the samples under the microscopes, you observed broken organelle debris due to severe proteolytic degradation. Which of the following statement may justify the cause of this result? You have probably forgotten to add protease in the homogenization buffer You have probably forgotten to add phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride (PMSF) into the homogenization buffer You have probably forgotten to add trypsin and EDTA into the homogenization buffer All of the other answer choices can justify your experimental result
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