Photosynthetic Nitrogen Metabolism in High and Low CO2-adapted Scenedesmus: II. EFFECT OF AMMONIUM AND METHIONINE SULPHOXIMINE ON NITRATE UTILIZATION |
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Authors: | LARSSON, CARL-MAGNUS LARSSON, MARIE GUERRERO, MIGUEL G. |
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Abstract: | Larsson, C.-M., Larsson, M. and Guerrero, M. G. 1985. Photosyntheticnitrogen metabolism in high and low CO2-adapted Scenedesmus.II. Effect of ammonium and methionine sulphoximine on nitrateutilization.J. exp. Bot. 36: 13871395 In 3% CO2-grown Scenedesmus obtusiusculus Chod. utilizing NO3J as the N source, NH4+ addition caused a prompt inhibitionof NO3 utilization. Nitrate reductase (NR) activity declinedrapidly in response to the presence of NO4+, but the cessationof NO3 utilization was too rapid to be accounted forby the loss in NR activity. The first site of NO4+ inhibitionin these cells seems to be the entrance of NO3 into thecells. Upon exhaustion of NO4+ from the medium, NO3 utilizationwas rapidly restored and NR activity increased. Air-grown cellswere much less sensitive to the effect of NO4+, more than 30min being required for added NO4+ to cause complete inhibitionof NO3 utilization. In these cells, NO3 uptakeand NR activity decreased in parallel in response to NO4+ addition.In 3% CO2-grown cells simultaneously subjected to NO4+ and air-levelof CO2, NO4+ initially inhibited NO3 utilization completely,but a slight recovery took place after approximately 20 min The glutamine synthetase (GS) inhibitor L-methionine D, L-sulphoximine(MSO) behaved as a potent inhibitor of NO3 uptake in3% CO2-grown cells, but had considerably less effect in air-growncells, although the time-course of the MSO-induced inhibitionof GS was the same in both cases Key words: Ammonium, nitrate utilization, Scenedesmus |
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