ACCUMULATION OF PPGPP AND PPPGPP DURING NITROGEN DEPRIVATION OF THE CYANOPHYTE ANABAENA-CYLINDRICA
ACCUMULATION OF PPGPP AND PPPGPP DURING NITROGEN DEPRIVATION OF THE CYANOPHYTE ANABAENA-CYLINDRICA
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DOI:
10.1016/0014-5793(79)80489-5
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发表时间:
1979-01-01
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影响因子:
3.5
通讯作者:
SMITH, RJ
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作者:
AKINYANJU, J;SMITH, RJ
An anomalous reaction of the ribosome promoted by lack of aminoacylated tRNA synthesizes S’-diphosphate 3’diphosphate guanosine (ppGpp) and 5’. triphosphate 3’. diphosphate guanosine (pppGpp) in heterotrophic bacteria [11. A similar mechanism exists in the unicellular cyanophyte Anacystis nidulans [2], such that the mode of accumulation is comparable with that reported for heterotrophic bacteria [3-S]. Although little is known of the ability of other cyanophytes to accumulate ppGpp, one study reported no accumulation of ppGpp during incident light stepdown of Aphanocapsa 6308, Anabaena cylindrica and Anabaena catenula or during nitrogen deprivation of Anabaena cylindrica [2].In contrast, this communication reports on the ability of A. cylindrica to accumulate a nucleotide which incorporates radioactively labelled guanosine and co-migrates in paper, polyethyleneimine(PEI) cellulose thin-layer chromatography (TLC) and high pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) systems with authentic ppGpp isolated from growth-inhibited E. coli. Accumulation of the nucleotide is short-lived and readily depressed in the presence of combined nitrogen, particularly ammonium ion.