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Regulation by Monochromatic Light of Nitrate Uptake in Chlorella fusca

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The Blue Light Syndrome

Part of the book series: Proceedings in Life Sciences ((LIFE SCIENCES))

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Regulatory effects of monochromatic light in the overall processes of photosynthesis and respiration are widely known in higher plants and algae. Blue light plays an important role by changing the pattern of photosynthetic products and by stimulating mitochondrial respiration even under conditions of active photosynthesis (Voskresenskaya 1972). This blue light effect can be due to an enhancement in the flow of electrons from the noncyclic electron transport chain toward oxygen, promoting an increase in pseudocyclicphotophosphorylation, or to a stimulation of NAD(P)H consumption leading to a higher level in C3 compounds, in glycolate and in amino acids, together with a higher level of ATP (Steup and Pirson 1974; Eichhorn and Augsten 1977). Besides, it certainly also consists in a direct interference of blue light with the activities of various enzymes involved in carbon and amino acid metabolism (Ries and Gauss 1977; Miyachi et al. 1978). The stimulation of protein and amino acid synthesis by blue light requires higher rates of ammonium production, as suggested or already found by several authors (Voskresenskaya and Grishina 1962). As the first steps in the utilization of nitrate, its uptake and/or its subsequent reduction to ammonia could be key reactions to be regulated by monochromatic light.

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  1. Departamento de Bioquímica, Facultad de Biologia y CSIC, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain

    F. Calero & P. J. Aparicio

  2. Institut für Botanik der Technischen Hochschule, Schnittspahnstr. 3, 6100, Darmstadt, Germany

    W. R. Ullrich

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Dedicated to Prof. W. Simonis on the occasion of his 70th birthday

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Calero, F., Ullrich, W.R., Aparicio, P.J. (1980). Regulation by Monochromatic Light of Nitrate Uptake in Chlorella fusca . In: Senger, H. (eds) The Blue Light Syndrome. Proceedings in Life Sciences. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-67648-2_37

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