Ammonium regulation of urate uptake in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii |
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Authors: | Manuel Pineda Purificación Cabello Jacobo Cárdenas |
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Affiliation: | (1) Departmento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Córdoba, E-14071 Córdoba, Spain |
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Abstract: | Urate was taken up at a negligible rate by Chlamydomonas reinhardtii cells grown on ammonium and transferred to media containing urate plus ammonium or urate plus chloral hydrate or cycloheximide. Addition of ammonium to cells actively consuming urate produced a rapid inhibition of urate uptake whereas the intracellular oxidation of urate was unaffected. Methylammonium but not glutamine or glutamate inhibited urate uptake. Addition of l-methionine-dl-sulfoximine to cells actively consuming urate provoked ammonium excretion, which was accompanied by a rapid inhibition of urate uptake. In cells growing on urate and exhibiting noticeable levels of nitrite-reductase activity, nitrite caused a sudden inhibition of urate uptake whereas nitrate required a time to induce nitrate reductase and to exert its inhibitory effect on uptake. The urate-uptake system did not require urate for induction since the urate-uptake capacity appeared in nitrogen-starved cells. From these results it is concluded that, in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, ammonium inhibits urate uptake and also acts as co-repressor of the uptake system. |
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Keywords: | Ammonia/ammonium Chlamydomonas Urate (uptake) |
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