Chen C, Gibbs M
Institute for Photobiology of Cells and Organelles, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts 02254.
Plant Physiol. 1992 Feb;98(2):535-9. doi: 10.1104/pp.98.2.535.
The reductive carboxylic acid cycle, the autotrophic pathway of CO(2) assimilation in prokaryotes (photosynthetic and nonphotosynthetic autotrophic bacteria), was investigated in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii F-60, an algal mutant lacking a complete photosynthetic carbon reduction pathway (C(3)) due to a deficiency in phosphoribulokinase. Evidence was obtained consistent with the presence of the reductive carboxylic acid cycle in F-60. This conclusion is based on the fact that: (a) acetate approximately doubled CO(2) fixation in whole cells (4 micromoles per milligram chlorophyll per hour) and in chloroplasts (32 nanomoles per milligram chlorophyll per hour); and (b) pyruvate synthase, alpha-ketoglutarate synthase, and ATP-citrate lyase, three indicators of the cycle, were found in cell-free extracts.
还原型羧酸循环是原核生物(光合和非光合自养细菌)中二氧化碳同化的自养途径,我们在莱茵衣藻F-60中对其进行了研究。莱茵衣藻F-60是一种藻类突变体,由于磷酸核酮糖激酶缺乏,缺少完整的光合碳还原途径(C3途径)。我们获得的证据表明F-60中存在还原型羧酸循环。这一结论基于以下事实:(a)乙酸盐使全细胞(每毫克叶绿素每小时4微摩尔)和叶绿体(每毫克叶绿素每小时32纳摩尔)中的二氧化碳固定量增加了约一倍;(b)在无细胞提取物中发现了该循环的三个指标,即丙酮酸合酶、α-酮戊二酸合酶和ATP-柠檬酸裂解酶。