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The Role of Amino Acids in the Regulation of Cyanobacterial Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase

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Inorganic Nitrogen in Plants and Microorganisms

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At present we have considerable knowledge of the pathways of carbon and nitrogen metabolism in photosynthetic microorganisms, although relatively little is known about the precise biochemical mechanisms involved in their regulation or the interrelationships between them (see Smith 1982; Lara et al. 1987; Turpin et al. 1988). In this paper we consider the mechanisms by which the enzyme glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PDH) of cyanobacteria is regulated. The oxidative pentose phosphate (OPP) pathway, is the main route of fixed carbon dissimilation in cyanobacteria and it is considered that metabolic control is exerted at the first step of the pathway, catalyzed by G6PDH (Pelroy and Bassham 1972; Pelroy et al. 1972).

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  1. A.F.R.C. Research Group on Cyanobacteria and Department of Biological Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 4HN, UK

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  1. Institut für Botanik, Technische Hochschule, Schnittspahnstraße 3, 6100, Darmstadt, Germany

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  2. Dipartimento di Biologia Vegetale, Università di Napoli, Via Foria 223, 80139, Napoli, Italy

    Carmelo Rigano (Professor) & Amodio Fuggi (Professor) (Professor) &  (Professor)

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Rowell, P., Simpson, G.G. (1990). The Role of Amino Acids in the Regulation of Cyanobacterial Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase. In: Ullrich, W.R., Rigano, C., Fuggi, A., Aparicio, P.J. (eds) Inorganic Nitrogen in Plants and Microorganisms. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-75812-6_21

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