Sulfite action on ribulosediphosphate carboxylase in the lichen Pseudevernia furfuracea
- Author:
- Ziegler I.
- Year:
- 1977
- Journal:
- Oecologia
- Pages:
- 29: 63-66
- Url:
Ribulosediphosphate carboxylase can be extracted from Pseudevernia
furfuracea, either by Triton X-100 or by pretreatment with liquid
nitrogen. With respect to HCO 3- the Km is 33 mM. The enzyme is competitively
inhibited by sulfite, as is the case with spinach chloroplasts. The K~ value
(t5.5-18.5 mM sulfite) indicates that in lichens the enzyme is not more sensitive
than that in spinach. Thus the extreme sensitivity of lichens to SO 2
is not based on low tolerance at the enzymatic level, but is due to a low degree
of avoidance.
- Id:
- 15063
- Submitter:
- zdenek
- Post_time:
- Wednesday, 02 December 2009 10:23