Effect of nitrogen starvation on the level of adenosine 3′,5′-monophosphate in Anabaena variabilis |
| |
Authors: | Elizabeth E Hood Susan Armour James D Ownby Avtar K Handa Ray A Bressan |
| |
Institution: | 1. Department of Cell, Molecular, and Developmental Biology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74074, USA;2. MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, U.S.A. |
| |
Abstract: | Low levels of adenosine 3′,5′-monophosphate (cyclic AMP) were detected in the cyanobacterium Anabaena variabilis using a protein binding assay and two radioisotopic labelling methods. The basal concentration of intracellular cyclic AMP ranged from 0.27 pmol/mg protein in A. variabilis Kutz grown under heterotrophic conditions to 1.0–2.7 pmol/mg protein in A. variabilis strain 377 grown autotrophically. Extracellular cyclic AMP was found to comprise as much as 90% of the total cyclic AMP in rapidly growing cultures. When A. variabilis strain 377 was starved of nitrogen, a 3–4-fold increase in intracellular cyclic AMP was observed during the 24 h period coincident with early heterocyst development. |
| |
Keywords: | Cyclic AMP level Nitrogen starvation (Anabaena variabilis) |
本文献已被 ScienceDirect 等数据库收录! |
|