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. 1989 Jul;90(3):788–791. doi: 10.1104/pp.90.3.788

Localization of the Enzymes Involved in the Photoevolution of H2 from Acetate in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii1

Kenneth O Willeford 1, Martin Gibbs 1
PMCID: PMC1061801  PMID: 16666878

Abstract

The localization of a series of enzymes involved in the anaerobic photodissimilation of acetate in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii F-60 adapted to a hydrogen metabolism was determined through the enzymic analyses of the chloroplastic, cytoplasmic, and mitochondrial fractions obtained with a cellular fractionation procedure that incorporated cell wall removal by treatment with autolysine, digestion of the plasmalemma with the detergent digitonin, and fractionation by differential centrifugation on a Percoll step gradient. The sequence of events leading to the photoevolution of H2 from acetate includes the conversion of acetate into succinate via the extraplastidic glyoxylate cycle, the oxidation of succinate to fumarate by chloroplastic succinate dehydrogenase, and the oxidation of malate to oxaloacetate in the chloroplast by NAD dependent malate dehydrogenase. The level of potential activity for the enzymes assayed were sufficient to accommodate the observed rate of the photoanaerobic dissimilation of acetate and the photoevolution of H2.

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