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Effect of ammonium ions on the induction of nitrite reductase in Neurospora crassa.

Journal of bacteriology ·Vol. 126 ·No. 2 ·1976-05-00 ·Pages 1002-4

Chang HC, Sorger GJ

Abstract

Results with strain am-la, a glutamate dehydrogenaseless mutant, showed that ammonium ions must first be metabolized in order to repress nitrite reductase in Neurospora.

MeSH Terms
Ammonia/metabolism Cell-Free System Enzyme Induction/drug effects Enzyme Repression Glutamate Dehydrogenase/biosynthesis Mutation NADH, NADPH Oxidoreductases/biosynthesis Neurospora/enzymology Neurospora crassa/enzymology Nitrates/metabolism Nitrite Reductases/biosynthesis,metabolism Oxidation-Reduction Quaternary Ammonium Compounds/metabolism,pharmacology Tartrates/metabolism
Chemicals
Nitrates Quaternary Ammonium Compounds Tartrates Ammonia Glutamate Dehydrogenase NADH, NADPH Oxidoreductases Nitrite Reductases
Authors & Affiliations
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Chang H C
Sorger G J
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Article Info
Journal
Journal of bacteriology
Abbr.
J Bacteriol
ISSN
0021-9193
DOI
10.1128/jb.126.2.1002-1004.1976
Published
1976-05-00
Pages
1002-4
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
2985120R
PMCID
PMC233241
Subset
IM
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/jb.126.2.1002-1004.1976 PMC Full Text View journal details
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