Comparative analysis of effect of exogenous ammonium on soybean tissue and Chlamydomonas cells

This paper presents a comparative analysis of obtained experimental data on the effect of exogenous ammonium on the protein and chlorophyll content, on the number of ribosomal structures, and on expression of the ribosomal genes encoding protein of small subunit rpS6 and 18S rRNA in cells of the soybean callus culture Glycine max and of unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. It has been shown that, under the effect of exogenous ammonium. an increase of the number ribosomal structures in cells of the soybean callus, as well as in the alga cells, is not caused by an increase in the activity of the corresponding ribosomal genes. Possible mechanisms of action of ammonium on the content both of ribosomes in cells and of their protein and chlorophyll are discussed.