Plant Physiology 87:437-442 (1988)
© 1988 American Society of Plant Biologists
Metabolism and Enzymology
Induction of Inorganic Carbon Accumulation in the Unicellular Green Algae Scenedesmus obliquus and Chlamydomonas reinhardtii1
Kristin Palmqvist,
Staffan Sjöberg and
Göran Samuelsson
Department of Plant Physiology, University of Umeå, S-901 87 Umeå, Sweden,
Department of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Umeå, S-901 87 Umeå, Sweden
The induction of a dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) accumulating mechanism in the two algal species Scenedesmus obliquus (WT) and Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (137 c+) was physiologically characterized by monitoring DIC uptake kinetics at a low and constant DIC concentration (120-140 micromolar), after transfer from high-DIC culturing conditions. A potentiometric titration method was used to measure and calculate algal DIC uptake. Full acclimation to low-DIC conditions was obtained within a period of 90 min, after which time the DIC uptake had been increased 7 to 10 times. Experiments were also conducted in the presence of inhibitors against DIC accumulation. The inhibitor of extracellular carbonic anhydrase (CA), acetazolamide (50 micromolar), inhibited the adaptation partly, while the inhibitor of both extra- and intracellular CA, ethoxyzolamide (50 micromolar) totally inhibited the acclimation. Cycloheximide (10 micrograms per milliliter), which inhibits protein synthesis on cytoplasmic ribosomes, and vanadate (180 micromolar), which inhibits the plasmamembrane bound ATPase, also inhibited the acclimation totally. These results taken together suggest that the algae are dependent on intracellular CA, plasmamembrane bound ATPase, and de novo protein synthesis for DIC accumulation. Also, these components are more important than extracellular CA for the overall function of the DIC-accumulating mechanism.
1 Supported by the Swedish Natural Science Research Council, the Kempe Foundation and the Magnus Bergvall Foundation, Sweden.
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