NICKEL REGULATION OF PHOTOAUTOTROPHY IN A CYANOBACTERIUM

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作者
ASTHANA, RK [1 ]
PANDEY, PK [1 ]
SINGH, SP [1 ]
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[1] BANARAS HINDU UNIV,ALGAL RES LAB,CAS BOT,VARANASI 221005,UTTAR PRADESH,INDIA
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10.1007/BF00229438
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X [环境科学、安全科学];
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08 ; 0830 ;
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Ni inhibited photoautotrophic growth, nitrogenase activity, oxygenic photosynthesis (O2- evolution, (CO2)-C-14-uptake) and respiratory O2-uptake in the diazotrophic cyanobacterium, Nostoc muscorum. (CO2)-C-14-uptake was more sensitive to Ni compared to nitrogenase activity, O2-evolution or respiratory O2-uptake. Lower Ni concentrations (1-mu-M and 5-mu-M) stimulated N2ase as well as RuBPcase (ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase) activity. It is proposed that Ni inhibition is mainly through the regulation of RuBPcase activity in the cyanobacterium.
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