Inhibition of nitrogenase activity by ammonium chloride in Azotobacter vinelandii.
AUTOR(ES)
Klugkist, J
RESUMO
In Azotobacter vinelandii cells, the short-term inhibition of nitrogenase activity by NH4Cl was found to depend on several factors. The first factor is the dissolved oxygen concentration during the assay of nitrogenase. When cells are incubated with low concentrations of oxygen, nitrogenase activity is low and ammonia inhibits strongly. With more oxygen, nitrogenase activity increases. Cells incubated with an optimum amount of oxygen have maximum nitrogenase activity, and the extent of inhibition by ammonia is small. With higher amounts of oxygen, the nitrogenase activity of the cells is decreased and strongly inhibited by ammonia. The second factor found to be important for the inhibition of nitrogenase activity by NH4Cl was the pH of the medium. At a low pH, NH4+ inhibits more strongly than at a higher pH. The third factor that influenced the extent of ammonia inhibition was the respiration rate of the cells. When cells are grown with excess oxygen, the respiration rate of the cells is high and inhibition of nitrogenase activity by ammonia is small. Cells grown under oxygen-limited conditions have a low respiration rate and NH4Cl inhibition of nitrogenase activity is strong. Our results explain the contradictory reports described in the literature for the NH4Cl inhibition of nitrogenase in A. vinelandii.
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