EFFECT OF NITROGEN STARVATION ON THE LEVEL OF ADENOSINE-3',5'-MONOPHOSPHATE IN ANABAENA-VARIABILIS

被引:36
作者
HOOD, EE [1 ]
ARMOUR, S [1 ]
OWNBY, JD [1 ]
HANDA, AK [1 ]
BRESSAN, RA [1 ]
机构
[1] MICHIGAN STATE UNIV,DEPT ENERGY,PLANT RES LAB,E LANSING,MI 48824
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
(Anabaena variabilis); Cyclic AMP level; Nitrogen starvation;
D O I
10.1016/0304-4165(79)90202-2
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Low levels of adenosine 3′,5′-monophosphate (cyclic AMP) were detected in the cyanobacterium Anabaena variabilis using a protein binding assay and two radioisotopic labelling methods. The basal concentration of intracellular cyclic AMP ranged from 0.27 pmol/mg protein in A. variabilis Kutz grown under heterotrophic conditions to 1.0-2.7 pmol/mg protein in A. variabilis strain 377 grown autotrophically. Extracellular cyclic AMP was found to comprise as much as 90% of the total cyclic AMP in rapidly growing cultures. When A. variabilis strain 377 was starved of nitrogen, a 3-4-fold increase in intracellular cyclic AMP was observed during the 24 h period coincident with early heterocyst development. © 1979.
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页码:193 / 200
页数:8
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