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. 1968 May;43(5):793–798. doi: 10.1104/pp.43.5.793

Role of Aldolase in Photosynthesis. II Demonstration of Aldolase Types in Photosynthetic Organisms 1

James M Willard 1,2,2, Martin Gibbs 1,2
PMCID: PMC1086926  PMID: 16656841

Abstract

Spinach leaves and photoautotrophically grown Euglena and Chlorella possess fructose 1,6-diphosphate aldolases inhibited by p-chloromercuribenzoate but insensitive to K+ or ethylenediamine tetraacetate (Type I). Dark grown Euglena and Chlorella have aldolases inhibited by p-chloromercuribenzoate and ethylenediamine tetraacetate but stimulated by K+ (Type II). The red alga, Chondrus, and the golden-brown alga, Ochromonas, appear to possess both types. Bean, pea, and spinach seeds and the leaves and cotyledons of etiolated bean seedlings contain a p-chloromercuribenzoate insensitive, apparently non-sulfhydryl variant of Type I. Sensitivity of leaf aldolase to p-chloromercuribenzoate occurs in etiolated bean seedlings only after an extended period of illumination. Type II aldolase activity in cell-free extracts of 4 blue-green algae has been demonstrated.

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