Abstract
The effect of tricarboxylic acid-cycle intermediates and related compounds on 2-oxoglutarate decarboxylase activity was investigated. The addition of L-glutamate to Euglena cells grown on glucose/(NH4)2SO4 medium resulted in an increase in 2-oxoglutarate decarboxylase activity, which was abolished by the simultaneous addition of cycloheximide. Immunochemical titration, immunoblot analysis and labelling in vivo with antibody raised against 2-oxoglutarate decarboxylase showed that the increase in 2-oxoglutarate decarboxylase activity was due to synthesis of new protein and not to activation of pre-existing protein. The experimental results reported here demonstrate that L-glutamate is assimilated by the pathway, via 2-oxoglutarate, that consists of L-glutamate-oxaloacetate aminotransferase, 2-oxoglutarate decarboxylase and succinate semialdehyde dehydrogenase, rather than by the gamma-aminobutyrate shunt, consisting of L-glutamate decarboxylase and gamma-aminobutyrate aminotransferase.
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