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Carbon dioxide-concentrating mechanism and the development of extracellular carbonic anhydrase in the marine picoeukaryote Micromonas pusilla.

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Title: Carbon dioxide-concentrating mechanism and the development of extracellular carbonic anhydrase in the marine picoeukaryote Micromonas pusilla.
Authors: Iglesias-Rodríguez, M. D.1 M.D.Iglesias-Rodriguez@bristol.ac.uk, Nimer, N. A.1, Merrett, M. J.1
Source: New Phytologist. Dec98, Vol. 140 Issue 4, p685-690. 6p.
Subjects: Carbonic anhydrase, Marine phytoplankton, Carbon dioxide, Kinetic theory of gases, Photosynthesis, Acclimatization
Abstract: A range of marine photosynthetic picoeukaryote phytoplankton species grown in culture were screened for the presence of extracellular carbonic anhydrase (CAext), a key enzyme in inorganic carbon acquisition under carbon-limiting conditions in some larger marine phytoplankton species. Of the species tested, extracellular carbonic anhydrase was detected only in Micromonas pusilla Butcher. The rapid, light-dependent development of CAext when cells were transferred from carbon-replete to carbon-limiting conditions was regulated by the available free- CO2 concentration and not by total dissolved inorganic carbon. Kinetic studies provided support for a CO2- concentrating mechanism in that the K0.5[CO2] (i.e. the CO2 concentration required for the half-maximal rate of photosynthesis) was substantially lower than the Km[CO2] of Rubisco from related taxa, whilst the intracellular carbon pool was at least seven fold greater than the extracellular DIC concentration, for extracellular DIC values 1.0 m m. It is proposed that when the flux of COCO2 into the cell is insufficient to support the photosynthetic rate at an optimum photon irradiance, the development of CAext increases the availability of CO2 at the plasma membrane. This ensures rapid acclimation to environmental change and provides an explanation for the central role of M. pusilla as a carbon sink in oligotrophic environments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Abstract:A range of marine photosynthetic picoeukaryote phytoplankton species grown in culture were screened for the presence of extracellular carbonic anhydrase (CAext), a key enzyme in inorganic carbon acquisition under carbon-limiting conditions in some larger marine phytoplankton species. Of the species tested, extracellular carbonic anhydrase was detected only in <em>Micromonas pusilla</em> Butcher. The rapid, light-dependent development of CAext when cells were transferred from carbon-replete to carbon-limiting conditions was regulated by the available free- CO2 concentration and not by total dissolved inorganic carbon. Kinetic studies provided support for a CO2- concentrating mechanism in that the K0.5[CO2] (i.e. the CO2 concentration required for the half-maximal rate of photosynthesis) was substantially lower than the Km[CO2] of Rubisco from related taxa, whilst the intracellular carbon pool was at least seven fold greater than the extracellular DIC concentration, for extracellular DIC values 1.0 m m. It is proposed that when the flux of COCO2 into the cell is insufficient to support the photosynthetic rate at an optimum photon irradiance, the development of CAext increases the availability of CO2 at the plasma membrane. This ensures rapid acclimation to environmental change and provides an explanation for the central role of <em>M. pusilla</em> as a carbon sink in oligotrophic environments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
ISSN:0028646X
DOI:10.1046/j.1469-8137.1998.00309.x