HETEROTROPHIC CARBON-DIOXIDE FIXATION BY EUGLENA FUNCTION OF PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE CARBOXYLASE
HETEROTROPHIC CARBON-DIOXIDE FIXATION BY EUGLENA FUNCTION OF PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE CARBOXYLASE
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DOI:
10.1016/0304-4165(81)90251-8
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发表时间:
1981-01-01
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PEAK, MJ
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作者:
PEAK, JG;PEAK, MJ
A survey into the activities of carboxylating enzymes from E. gracilis was conducted. Malate enzyme (EC 1.1.1.40), phosphoenolpyruvate [PEP] carboxylase (EC 4.1.1.31) and acetyl-CoA carboxylase (EC 6.4.1.2) activities were present in all cells tested. Stimulation of heterotrophic CO2 fixation in vivo, by exposure of the cells to NH4+ after a period of NH4+ deprivation, caused an increase in specific activity of malate enzyme and PEP carboxylase measured in crude extracts but not the activity of acetyl-CoA carboxylase. Two isoenzymes of PEP carboxylase were purified from each other, from both NH4+-stimulated and non-stimulated cells. No significant differences were found between elution profiles of isoenzymes from the 2 types of cells, nor between elution profiles of isoenzymes from autotrophically and heterotrophically grown cells. Kinetics of the regulation of the 2 isoenzymes by malate, citrate, succinate and 3-phosphoglycerate are presented. An hypothesis for the mechanism of regulation of heterotrophic CO2 fixation in Euglena by NH4+ is discussed.