Rapid microbial metabolism of non-protein amino acids in the sea |
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Authors: | Jonathan J. Cole Cindy Lee |
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Affiliation: | (1) Institute of Ecosystem Studies, The New York Botanical Garden, Mary Flagler Cary Arboretum, Millbrook, NY 12545, USA;(2) Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA;(3) Present address: Marine Science Research Center, SUNY, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA |
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Abstract: | The non-protein amino acids, -alanine and -aminobutyric acid, frequently dominate the amino acid composition of deep-sea sediments. This accumulation is most likely due to the slower decomposition of non-protein amino acids by microorganisms or to the preferential adsorption of non-protein amino acids by clay minerals. We investigated relative rates of heterotrophic uptake of alanine, -ala, and -aba in sea water to see if there were different rates of microbial assimilation and respiration between these protein and non-protein amino acids. Heterotrophic uptake was rapid for all three amino acids with turnover times of hours in productive coastal waters and days in more oligotrophic open-ocean waters. Uptake of the non-protein amino acids was significantly slower than uptake of alanine, particularly in anoxic waters. However, the difference in uptake rates is probably not great enough to cause significant preferential accumulation of non-protein amino acids. |
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Keywords: | amino acids microbial activity sea water /content/r3774064x7088407/xxlarge946.gif" alt=" beta" align=" MIDDLE" BORDER=" 0" >-alanine |
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