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AMINO ACID TRANSPORT IN NITZSCHIA OVALIS ARNOTT 1,2
Author(s) -
North Barbara B.,
Stephens Grover C.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
journal of phycology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.85
H-Index - 127
eISSN - 1529-8817
pISSN - 0022-3646
DOI - 10.1111/j.1529-8817.1972.tb04003.x
Subject(s) - amino acid , nitrogen , biology , nitzschia , biochemistry , diatom , botany , chemistry , ecology , organic chemistry , nutrient , phytoplankton
SUMMARY The marine diatom Nitzschia ovalis possesses at, least 3 amino acid uptake systems, specific for transport of acidic, polybasic, and, neutral amino acids. Maximum uptake velocity (V max ) for each, site is inversely related to the nitrogen content of the cell, and to the nitrogen available in the culture medium. Transport, of polybasic amino acids occurs throughout the course of growth in batch, culture, but the V max increases dramatically as the culture ages and nitrogen/cell reaches a low value. K s does not, change significantly. Acidic and neutral amino acids are taken up only by cells harvested from nitrogen‐poor culture. It appears that amino acid transport is repressed by high concentrations of nitrogen in the medium. Under natural conditions, where nitrogen concentrations are low, the contribution of amino acid uptake to the nitrogen economy of Nitzschia populations may be significant.