Inorganic Nitrogen in Plants and Microorganisms: Uptake and Metabolism

Front Matter....Pages I-XVI
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Historical Perspectives of the Enzymes of Nitrate Assimilation by Crop Plants and Potential for Biotechnological Application....Pages 3-11
Light Energy Utilization in Oxygenic Photosynthesis....Pages 12-20
Sequential Energy Transduction in Photosynthesis....Pages 21-27
The Effect of Nitrogen on the Quality of Main Crops....Pages 28-34
Front Matter....Pages 35-35
Growth and Nitrate Uptake Properties of Higher Plants: Relations to External and Internal Nitrogen....Pages 37-43
Transport of Inorganic Nitrogen Compounds: Physiological Studies on Uptake and Assimilation....Pages 44-50
New Regulatory Steps in Nitrate Assimilation of Lower and Higher Plants....Pages 51-53
Accumulation and Vacuolar Remobelization of Nitrate in Catharanthus Roseus Cells....Pages 54-59
Nitrate Uptake in Catharanthus Roseus Cells: Electrophysiological Effects....Pages 60-65
Uptake of Inorganic Nitrogen Compounds in an Acidophilic Alga....Pages 66-72
Regulation of Inorganic Nitrogen Metabolism in Chlamydomonas Reinhardtii ....Pages 73-78
Nitrate Transport in Cyanobacteria....Pages 79-85
Targeted Mutagenesis of the 45-Kda Protein Inactivates Nitrate Transport in Synechococcus PCC 7942....Pages 86-92
Nitrogen Metabolism in Heterotrophic Bacteria. Simultaneous Ammonia Inhibition of Nitrogen Fixation and Nitrate Uptake and Divalentation Regulation of Nitrate Uptake in Azotobacter Chroococcum ....Pages 93-98
Ammonia Transport Systems in Cyanobacteria....Pages 99-105
Ammonia Uptake and Assimilation by Mutant Strains of the Cyanobacterium Anabaena Variabilis Resistant to Ammonia-Analogues....Pages 106-112
Front Matter....Pages 113-113
Nitrogen Metabolism of Mutants of Barley Lacking Key Enzymes of Ammonia Assimilation....Pages 115-120
The Greater 13 C Natural Abundance in Nitrate-Grown than in Ammonium-Grown Ricinus Communis is Mainly a Function of the Lower Ratio of CO 2 -Transport Limitation to Biochemical Limitation of Photosynthesis in Nitrate-Grown Plants, with their Higher Organic Anion Content as a Less Significant Factor....Pages 121-123
Interactions Between Respiration and Nitrogen Assimilation during Photosynthesis....Pages 124-130
Carbon Metabolism and Ammonium Assimilation Under Light or Dark Conditions In N-Sufficient and N-Limited Unicellular Algae....Pages 131-136
Front Matter....Pages 113-113
The Role of Amino Acids in the Regulation of Cyanobacterial Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase....Pages 137-144
Regulation of Inorganic Nitrogen Metabolism in the Phototrophic Bacterium Rhodobacter Capsulatus E1F1....Pages 145-150
The Regulation of the Reduction of Inorganic Nitrogen in Chlorophyllous Tissue: Uptake and Reduction of Nitrite by Intact Chloroplasts....Pages 151-156
Front Matter....Pages 157-157
Nitrate and Nitrite Utilization by Sunflower Plants....Pages 159-164
The Role of NO 3 — and NH 4 + Ions in the Regulation of Nitrate Reductase in Higher Plants....Pages 165-170
Blue Light Activation of Nitrate Reductase and Blue Light Promotion of the Biosynthesis of Nitrite Reductase in Monoraphidium Braunii ....Pages 171-177
Controlled Proteolysis of Nitrate Reductase: Identification and Properties of Products....Pages 178-182
The Regulation of Nitrate Assimilation in Yeast....Pages 183-189
Participation of Pterin-Molybdenum Cofactor in the Regulation of Nitrate Reductase Activity and Signal Transduction During Light-Stimulated Conidiation of Neurospora Crassa ....Pages 190-195
Nitrate Assimilation in the Non-N 2 -Fixing Cyanobacterium Phormidium Laminosum ....Pages 196-202
Biochemistry, Regulation and Genetics of Nitrite Reduction in Barley....Pages 203-209
Nitrite Reduction in The Roots And Leaves of Pisum Sativum ....Pages 210-215
Production of Nitrous Oxide and Nitric Oxide by Some Nitrate-Respiring Bacteria....Pages 216-221
Role of Amination and Transamination in Ammonium Incorporation in Chlamydomonas Reinhardtii ....Pages 222-228
NADP-Isocitrate Dehydrogenases in Higher Plants....Pages 229-233
Regulation of Nitrogen Metabolism in Rhizobium ....Pages 234-240
Oxygen and Nitrogenase In Non-Heterocystous Cyanobacteria....Pages 241-247
Properties of Three Ferredoxins from the Photosynthetic Bacterium Rhodobacter Capsulatus : Studies on their Possible Role in Nitrogen Fixation....Pages 248-253
Front Matter....Pages 255-255
Biochemistry, Molecular Genetics and Regulation of Nitrate Reductase in Nicotiana Plumbaginifolia , Tobacco and Tomato....Pages 257-265
Molecular Characterization Of Maize Nadh:Nitrate Reductase....Pages 266-272
Front Matter....Pages 255-255
Glutamine Synthetase of French Bean: From Genes To Isoenzymes....Pages 273-280
Molecular Biology of Nitrate Assimilation in Chlamydomonas ReinhardtII ....Pages 281-286
Regulatory, Structural and Biotechnological Aspects of The Aspergillus Nidulans Gene Cluster for Nitrate Assimilation....Pages 287-295
Genetic Regulation of Nitrogen Metabolism in Neurospora Crassa ....Pages 296-302
Analysis of Nitrate Reduction Genes in Cyanobacteria....Pages 303-307
Molecular Biology of the Assimilation of Nitrogenous Compounds by Cyanobacteria....Pages 308-311
Genetic Control of Nitrogen Metabolism in the Photosynthetic Bacterium Rhodobacter Capsulatus ....Pages 312-319
Molecular Biology of Respiratory Nitrate Reduction (Denitrification) of Pseudomonas Stutzeri ....Pages 320-326
Front Matter....Pages 327-327
Influence of Nitrogen Source on Carbon Distribution in Plants Exhibiting the C 3 and C 4 Photosynthetic Pathways....Pages 329-335
Role of Nitrate in Growth of Higher Plants with Emphasis on Regulation of Nitrate Accumulation....Pages 336-340
Nitrogen Assimilation of Plants under Stress and High CO 2 Concentrations....Pages 341-348
Effect of UV-B (290–320 nm) Radiation on Uptake of 15 N-Nitrate by Marine Diatoms....Pages 349-354
Back Matter....Pages 355-359