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. 1984 Nov;76(3):658–663. doi: 10.1104/pp.76.3.658

Nitrogen Metabolism of the Marine Microalga Chlorella autotrophica1

Iftikhar Ahmad 1, Johan A Hellebust 1
PMCID: PMC1064351  PMID: 16663902

Abstract

The levels of glutamine synthetase (GS) and glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH) in Chlorella autotrophica (clone 580) are strongly regulated by the nitrogen source and salt concentration of the medium. GS is present at high levels in NO3−-grown cells, and at maximum levels in nitrogen-starved cells. However, the levels of GS in these cells are somewhat decreased by increasing salinity. Cells growing on NH4+ have high NADPH-GDH activity, the levels of which increase with increasing NH4+ supply, while GS decreases to a very low level under these conditions. Salinity intensifies the induction of NADPH-GDH activity in NH4+-grown cells. The levels of NADH-GDH are low in this alga, but present under all growth conditions. Methionine sulfoximine (MSX) has little effect on growth and nitrogen assimilation of the alga in the presence of NH4+.

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