Photoinhibition of Glucose Uptake in Chlorella |
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Authors: | Kamiya Akio; Kowallik Wolfgang |
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Institution: | Fakult?t f?r Biologie, Universit?t Bielefeld 4800 Bielefeld 1, W-Germany |
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Abstract: | In colorless mutant cells of Chlorella vulgaris (M125), endogenousrespiration in the dark was not affected by 30-min preilluminationwith white light (9,000 mW?m2), while exogenous respirationof glucose or fructose was inhibited significantly by the sametreatment in air, but not under N2. This light effect on exogenousrespiration was accompanied by an inhibition of hexose uptake. When autotrophically grown wild-type cells of Chlorella vulgaris(211-11h) were incubated in glucose medium with DCMU, lightalso greatly inhibited glucose uptake and growth. Blue lightwas very effective, while red light had only a slight effect.This photoinhibitory effect was also observed in algal cellsthat had been grown in a glucose-containing medium in the dark. Using SDS-gel electrophoresis, a new protein peak with a molecularweight of 3540 kDa was detected in plasma membrane-richcell wall fractions when Chlorella vulgaris (211-11h) cellswere transferred to a glucose-containing medium. This peak disappearedafter the algal cells were returned to the glucose-free medium.These findings suggest that this protein includes the hexose-carrierprotein. Blue light significantly inhibited the formation ofthis protein during incubation in a glucose-containing medium.
1 Present address: Laboratory of Chemistry, Faculty of PharmaceuticalSciences, Teikyo University, Sagamiko, Kanagawa 199-01, Japan. (Received July 31, 1986; Accepted March 12, 1987) |
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