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. 1995 May;108(1):253–260. doi: 10.1104/pp.108.1.253

Induction of CO2 and Bicarbonate Transport in the Green Alga Chlorella ellipsoidea (II. Evidence for Induction in Response to External CO2 Concentration).

Y Matsuda 1, B Colman 1
PMCID: PMC157329  PMID: 12228471

Abstract

The critical species and concentrations of dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) required for the induction of DIC transport during adaptation to low CO2 were determined for the green alga Chlorella ellipsoidea. The concentration of dissolved CO2 needed for the induction of both CO2 and HCO3- transport was independent of pH during adaptation, whereas the total DIC concentration required increased at alkaline pH. At pH 7.5, the minimum equilibrium DIC concentration at which high CO2 characteristics were maintained, i.e. transport was repressed, was 2100 [mu]M, whereas the maximum equilibrium DIC concentration below which DIC transport was fully induced (DICIND) was 500 [mu]M. Intracellular DIC concentration during adaptation to DICIND decreased temporarily after 2 h to 60% of the maximum level but recovered after 3 h of adaptation. After 3 h of adaptation to DICIND, cells exhibited maximum O2 evolution rate at DICIND. When cells partially adapted to DICIND were returned to high CO2, there was an immediate halt to the induction of transport and a gradual decrease in transport capacity over 23 h. The capacity for the induction of transport was unaffected by the absence of light. These results indicate that changes in the internal DIC pool during adaptation to low CO2 do not trigger the induction of DIC transport and that the induction is not light dependent. Induction of DIC transport in C. ellipsoidea appears to occur in response to the continuous exposure of cells to a critical CO2 concentration in the external medium.

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