ATP, trehalose, glucose and ammonium ion localization in the two cell types ofDictyostelium discoideum
作者:
Jeanne B. Wilson,
Charles L. Rutherford,
期刊:
Journal of Cellular Physiology
(WILEY Available online 1978)
卷期:
Volume 94,
issue 1
页码: 37-45
ISSN:0021-9541
年代: 1978
DOI:10.1002/jcp.1040940106
出版商: Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
AbstractUltra‐microfluorometric techniques were adapted to follow several compounds related to energy metabolism through the developmental cycle ofDictyostelium discoideum. Each compound (ATP, trehalose, glucose, and ammonium ion) was found to be present in stalk and/or spore cells. The accumulation of NH4+ was interpreted as an indication of protein degradation, a source of energy in this organism. During the early stages of differentiation NH4+was localized only in prestalk cells. However, it accumulated in spore cells during culmination such that levels were comparable in the two cells types by the end of development. Trehalose, an energy source for germinating spores, was found in both cell types but was preferentially degraded in stalk cells late in development. Glucose, the degradation product of trehalose, was localized in prestalk cells and varied inversely with trehalose levels. ATP was not localized in a specific cell type during development. However, ATP declined in stalk cells at an earlier stage of developmen
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