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The Effect of External pH on the Apparent CO2 Affinity of Chlorella saccharophila
Authors:GEHL, KATHARINA A.   COOK, CATHERINE M.   COLMAN, BRIAN
Abstract:The carbon dioxide compensation point of the unicellular greenalga, Chloretla saccharophila, was determined in aqueous mediumby a gas chromatographic method. Compensation points decreasedmarkedly from 63 cm3 m–3 at an external pH of 4.0 to 3.2cm3 m–3 at pH 8.0 and were not affected by the O2 concentrationof the medium. The calculated CO2 concentration required tosupport the half-maximum photosynthetic rate of the algal cellsranged from 6.0 mmol m–3 at an external pH of 60 to 1.5mmol m–3 at pH 8.0 and these values were not affectedby O2 concentration. The Km(CO2) of nbulose-l,5-bisphosphatecarboxylase isolated from cells grown either at pH 4.0 or pH8.0 was determined to be 64 mmol m–3. These results indicatethat loss of CO2 by photorespiration does not occur in C. saccharophilacells at acid pH and the disparity between the apparent affinityfor CO2 of the intact cells and that of the carboxylase indicatesthe operation of a ‘CO2 concentrating mechanism’in this alga at acid pH. Key words: Acidophilic alga, bicarbonate transport, Chlorella saccharophila, compensation point, CO2 affinity, PH, RuBP carboxylase
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