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. 1980 Nov;66(5):805–808. doi: 10.1104/pp.66.5.805

Regulation of Glutamine Synthetase by Light and during Nitrogen Deficiency in Synchronous Chlorella sorokiniana1

Rudolf Tischner 1,2, Aloys Hüttermann 1,2
PMCID: PMC440730  PMID: 16661530

Abstract

A method is described to achieve density labeling of proteins in unicellular algae by using 13CO2. This is a satisfactory procedure especially for work on nitrogen metabolism. The increase in activity of glutamine synthetase (EC 6.3.1.2.) and glutamate synthase (EC 1.4.7.1.) in Chlorella sorokiniana mediated by a dark/light shift and by nitrogen starvation were investigated. Using the method of density labeling and isopycnic centrifugation, we demonstrated that the increase in enzyme activity after a dark/light shift is based on activation rather than de novo synthesis. The increase in enzyme activity after transfer to nitrogen-deficient medium is based both on activation and de novo synthesis.

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