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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-4-24
pubmed:abstractText
Nitrate transport has been studied in the cyanobacterium Anacystis nidulans R2 by monitoring intracellular nitrate accumulation in intact cells of the mutant strain FM6, which lacks nitrate reductase activity and is therefore unable to reduce the transported nitrate. Kinetic analysis of nitrate transport as a function of external nitrate concentration revealed apparent substrate inhibition, with a peak velocity at 20-25 microM-nitrate. A Ks (NO3-) of 1 microM was calculated. Nitrate transport exhibited a stringent requirement for Na+. Neither Li+ nor K+ could substitute for Na+. Monensin depressed nitrate transport in a concentration-dependent manner, inhibition being more than 60% at 2 microM, indicating that the Na(+)-dependence of active nitrate transport relies on the maintenance of a Na+ electrochemical gradient. The operation of an Na+/NO3- symport system is suggested. Nitrite behaved as an effective competitive inhibitor of nitrate transport, with a Ki (NO2-) of 3 microM. The time course of nitrite inhibition of nitrate transport was consistent with competitive inhibition by mixed alternative substrates. Nitrate and nitrite might be transported by the same carrier.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0264-6021
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
282 ( Pt 3)
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
639-43
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-9-7
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Nitrate transport in the cyanobacterium Anacystis nidulans R2. Kinetic and energetic aspects.
pubmed:affiliation
Instituto de Bioquímica Vegetal y Fotosíntesis, Universidad de Sevilla-CSIC, Spain.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't