Mitochondrial Respiration Can Support NO3− and NO2− Reduction during Photosynthesis 1: Interactions between Photosynthesis, Respiration, and N Assimilation in the N-Limited Green Alga Selenastrum minutum
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Weger, Harold G.
RESUMO
Mass spectrometric analysis shows that assimilation of inorganic nitrogen (NH4+, NO2−, NO3−) by N-limited cells of Selenastrum minutum (Naeg.) Collins results in a stimulation of tricarboxylic acid cycle (TCA cycle) CO2 release in both the light and dark. In a previous study we have shown that TCA cycle reductant generated during NH4+ assimilation is oxidized via the cytochrome electron transport chain, resulting in an increase in respiratory O2 consumption during photosynthesis (HG Weger, DG Birch, IR Elrifi, DH Turpin [1988] Plant Physiol 86: 688-692). NO3− and NO2− assimilation resulted in a larger stimulation of TCA cycle CO2 release than did NH4+, but a much smaller stimulation of mitochondrial O2 consumption. NH4+ assimilation was the same in the light and dark and insensitive to DCMU, but was 82% inhibited by anaerobiosis in both the light and dark. NO3− and NO2− assimilation rates were maximal in the light, but assimilation could proceed at substantial rates in the light in the presence of DCMU and in the dark. Unlike NH4+, NO3− and NO2− assimilation were relatively insensitive to anaerobiosis. These results indicated that operation of the mitochondrial electron transport chain was not required to maintain TCA cycle activity during NO3− and NO2− assimilation, suggesting an alternative sink for TCA cycle generated reductant. Evaluation of changes in gross O2 consumption during NO3− and NO2− assimilation suggest that TCA cycle reductant was exported to the chloroplast during photosynthesis and used to support NO3− and NO2− reduction.
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