Long-term and short-term effects of phytochrome on the levels (“tissue contents”) of NAD, N A D H ,, NADP and NADPH, were measured in the cotyledons of the mustard (Sinapis alba L.) seedling. It was found that long-term far-red light (which is considered to operate exclusively via active phytochrome, Pfr) strongly increases the levels of NADP and NADPH2 , whereas this light treatment suppresses...

Glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) from Streptomyces aureofaciens was purified and denatured in 6 M urea. Denaturation led to complete dissociation of the enzyme into its inactive monomers, 98% loss of the enzyme activity, about 30% decrease in the protein fluorescence and a 10 nm red shift in the emission maximum. Dilution of urea-denatured enzyme resulted in regaining of the enzyme acti...

Codon bias refers to the differences in the frequency of occurrence of synonymous codons in coding DNA. Pattern of codon and optimum codon utilization is significantly different between the lives. This difference is due to the long term function of natural selection and evolution process. Genetics drift, mutation and regulation of gene expression are the main reasons for codon bias. In this stu...

Pyruvate orthophosphate dikinase, phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase, and NADP-malate dehydrogenase function in a series of reactions for fixing Con in mesophyll cells and NADP-malic enzyme (ME) catalyzes the production of CO, and NADPH in bundle sheath cells of maize which is a NADP-ME type C4 plant. Northern blot analyses with cDNA clones for pyruvate orthophosphate dikinase and phosphoenolpyr...