Asparagine and regulation of photoinduced rhythm in Penicillium claviforme |
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Authors: | B Piskorz-Binczycka S Jerebzoff S Jerebzoff-Quintin |
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Institution: | Biorhythm Lab., Plant Physiology Center and URA 241 CNRS, P. Sabatier Univ., 118 route de Narbonne, F-31062 Toulouse Cedex, France;Institute of Plant Physiology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Slawlowska 17, PL-31016 Cracow, Poland. |
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Abstract: | A photosensitive reaction involved in the expression and regulation of the endogenous sporulation rhythm in Penicillium claviforme Bainier CBS 126-23 has been described earlier by our team. The present work shows that asparagine plays a central role in this periodic system. The 24–26 h periodicity, which becomes desynchronized over a few days, was affected by supplying asparagine (1 to 25 m M ). a) The rhythm remained synchronized for at least 3 weeks, for all the asparagine concentrations used, b) The period increased successively from one cycle to the next (from 35±3 h to 73±8 h over 6 cycles) for 1 m M asparagine. This period lengthening became less and less accentuated as the asparagine concentration was increased. At ≥10 m M , the period was stable; it was 33±5 h for 10 m M and 22±1.5 h for 25 m M asparagine. Otherwise asparagine could not elicit rhythmicity in darkness or in dim continuous light (≤5 μW m−2). |
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Keywords: | Asparagine Penicillium claviforme period photoinduction rhythm synchronization |
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