Abstract
Effects of respiratory inhibitors on the circadian clock, respiratory activity, and ATP content were examined in Neurospora crassa. All inhibitors, potassium cyanide, sodium azide, antimycin A, and carbonyl cyanide m-chlorophenyl hydrazone (CCCP), shifted the phase of the conidiation rhythm. All the phase response curves were similar and resembled that for cycloheximide, but were different from the phase response curve for light. Phase shifting by azide and CCCP was proportional to the lowering of respiratory activity and ATP content, but such a correlation was not observed for cyanide and antimycin A. In particular, cyanide at a concentration of 0.5 millimolar completely depleted ATP of the cultures but did not significantly shift their phase. Their results suggest that large shifts caused by these inhibitors are not due to a decrease in energy from respiratory activity.
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