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Title: Glycolate metabolism in low and high CO sub 2 -grown chlorella pyrenoidosa and Pavlova lutheri as determined by sup 18 O-labeling

Journal Article · · Plant Physiology; (USA)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.91.3.1085· OSTI ID:5922423
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  1. Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park (USA)

Photorespiration in Chlorella pyrenoidosa Chick. was assayed by measuring {sup 18}O-labeled intermediates of the glycolate pathway. Glycolate, glycine, serine, and excreted glycolate were isolated and analyzed on a gas chromatograph/mass spectrometer to determine isotopic enrichment. Rates of glycolate synthesis were determined from {sup 18}O-labeling kinetics of the intermediates, pool sizes, derived rate equations, and nonlinear regression techniques. Glycolate synthesis was higher in high CO{sub 2}-grown cells than in air-grown cells when both were assayed under the same O{sub 2} and CO{sub 2} concentrations. Synthesis of glycolate, for both types of cells, was stimulated by high O{sub 2} levels and inhibited by high CO{sub 2} levels. Glycolate synthesis in 1.5% CO{sub 2}-grown Chlorella, when exposed to a 0.035% CO{sub 2} atmosphere, increased from about 41 to 86 nanomoles per milligram chlorophyll per minute when the O{sub 2} concentration was increased from 21 to 40%. Glycolate synthesis in air-grown cells increased from 2 to 6 nanomoles per milligram chlorophyll per minute under the same gas levels. Synthesis was undetectable when either the O{sub 2} concentration was lowered to 2% or the CO{sub 2}-concentration was raised to 1.5%. Glycolate excretion was also sensitive to O{sub 2} and CO{sub 2} concentrations in 1.5% CO{sub 2}-grown cells and the glycolate that was excreted was {sup 18}O-labeled. Air-grown cells did not excrete glycolate under any experimental condition. Indirect evidence indicated that glycolate may be excreted as a lactone in Chlorella. Photorespiratory {sup 18}O-labeling kinetics were determined for Pavlova lutheri, which unlike Chlorella and higher plants did not directly synthesize glycine and serine from glycolate. This alga did excrete a significant proportion of newly synthesized glycolate into the media.

OSTI ID:
5922423
Journal Information:
Plant Physiology; (USA), Vol. 91:3; ISSN 0032-0889
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English