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Cyanobacteria Spirulina platensis and Nostoc linckia were grown in the presence of 5 mM and 50 mM glucose or 5 mM mannose, non-metabolisable glucose analogue that effectively triggers the repression of photosynthesis. Glucose evoked active cyanobacterial growth but chlorophyll (Chl) content decreased to some extent and porphyrins were excreted. The content of monogalactosyldiacylglycerol decreased in glucose-grown cyanobacteria and that of phosphatidylglycerol increased substantially. Mannose inhibited cyanobacteria growth as well as Chl synthesis, however, phosphatidylglycerol contents were higher than in respective control samples. In cyanobacterial cells glucose may not only inhibit photosynthetic processes, but also cause structural transformations of membranes which may be necessary for the activity of respiratory electron transport chain components under heterotrophic conditions.
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Mykhaylenko, N., Syvash, O., Tupik, N. et al. Exogenous Hexoses Cause Quantitative Changes of Pigment and Glycerolipid Composition in Filamentous Cyanobacteria. Photosynthetica 42, 105–110 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:PHOT.0000040577.30424.d1
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