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. 1980 May;65(5):939–943. doi: 10.1104/pp.65.5.939

Synthesis of Nitrate Reductase in Chlorella

I. EVIDENCE FOR AN INACTIVE PROTEIN PRECURSOR 1

Edward A Funkhouser 1,2, Teh-Chien Shen 1,2,2, Renate Ackermann 1,2
PMCID: PMC440452  PMID: 16661310

Abstract

Synthesis of nitrate reductase (EC 1.6.6.1) in Chlorella vulgaris was studied under inducing conditions, i.e. with cells grown on ammonia and then transferred to nitrate medium. Cycloheximide (but not chloramphenicol) completely inhibited synthesis of the enzyme, but only if it was added at the start (i.e. at the time of nitrate addition) of the induction period. Cycloheximide inhibition became less effective as induction by nitrate proceeded. Enzyme from small quantities of culture (1 to 3 milliliters of packed cells) was purified to homogeneity with the aid of blue dextran-Sepharose chromatography. Incorporation of radioactivity from labeled arginine into nitrate reductase was measured in the presence and absence of cycloheximide. Conditions were found under which the inhibitor completely blocked the incorporation of labeled amino acid, but only slightly decreased the increase in nitrate reductase activity. The results indicate that synthesis of nitrate reductase from amino acids proceeds by way of a protein precursor which is inactive enzymically.

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