ISSN:
1432-2048
Keywords:
L-amino acids (utilization)
;
Chlamydomonas
;
Deaminase (extracellular)
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
Notes:
Abstract When grown in the light and in a Tris-acetate phosphate medium, cells of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Dang. can use the following l-amino acids as a sole nitrogen source: asparagine, glutamine, arginine, lysine, alanine, valine, leucine, isoleucine, serine, methionine, histidine, and phenylalanine, whereas, in the absence of acetate, the cells only used l-arginine. The utilization system in the acetate medium consisted of an extracellular deaminating activity induced by l-amino acids; it took between 10 to 30 h before the system appeared in cells previously grown with ammonium. This deaminase activity was nonspecific, required an organic carbon source for its de-novo synthesis, and was sensitive to high ammonium concentration and light deprivation.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00197110
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