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Table 2 Enhancement of ketone reduction in Synechococcus by inhibition of the Calvin cycle

From: Reduction of exogenous ketones depends upon NADPH generated photosynthetically in cells of the cyanobacterium Synechococcus PCC 7942

 

Inhibitor

Concentration (mM)

Yield of ketone reduction (%)

Experiment 1

None

-

34 (1.00)*

 

IAM

0.1

43 (1.26)*

 

IAM

1

52 (1.53)*

 

IAA

0.1

39 (1.15)*

 

IAA

1

61 (1.49)*

Experiment 2

None

-

40 (1.00)*

 

D,L-glyceraldehyde

10

57 (1.43)*

 

5'-AMP

5

59 (1.48)*

  1. TFA: 2 mg, Cell suspension of Synechococcus: 20 mL, 13.4 μmol photons m-2·s-1, 25°C, 12 h
  2. Inhibitors were added at the beginning of the incubation period.
  3. *Values in parentheses are relative to the yield without inhibitor.