Different Rates of Synthesis and Degradation of Two Chloroplastic Ammonium-Inducible NADP-Specific Glutamate Dehydrogenase Isoenzymes during Induction and Deinduction in Chlorella sorokiniana Cells
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- 1 January 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Plant Physiology
- Vol. 83 (1) , 85-91
- https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.83.1.85
Abstract
The kinetics of accumulation (per milliliter of culture) of the α- and β- subunits, associated with chloroplast-localized ammonium inducible nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate-specific glutamate dehydrogenase (NADP-GDH) isoenzymes, were measured during a 3 hour induction of synchronized daughter cells of Chlorella sorokiniana in 29 millimolar ammonium medium under photoautotrophic conditions. The β-subunit holoenzyme(s) accumulated in a linear manner for 3 hours without an apparent induction lag. A 40 minute induction lag preceded the accumulation of the α-subunit holoenzyme(s). After 120 minutes, the α-subunit ceased accumulating and thereafter remained at a constant level (i.e. steady state between synthesis and degradation). From pulsechase experiments, using 35SO4 and immunochemical procedures, the rate of synthesis of the α-subunit was shown to be greater than the β-subunit during the first 80 minutes of induction. The α- and β-subunits had different rates of degradation during the induction period (t½ = 50 versus 150 minutes, respectively) and during the deinduction period (t½ = 5 versus 13.5 minutes) after removal of ammonium from the culture. During deinduction, total NADP-GDH activity decreased with a half-time of 9 minutes. Cycloheximide completely inhibited the synthesis and degradation of both subunits. A model for regulation of expression of the NADP-GDH gene was proposed.Keywords
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