Floridoside, L-isofloridoside, and D-isofloridoside in the red alga Porphyra columbina: Seasonal and osmotic effects

Plant Physiology

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 485-491

  Karsten, Ulf ^a,b   Barrow, Kevin D ^a   King, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; COLUMBINA; PORPHYRA; PORPHYRA COLUMBINA; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 0027141608     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.103.2.485     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. Craigie JS, McLachlan J, Tocher RD (1968) Some neutral constituents of the Rhodophyceae with special reference to the occurrence of the floridosides. Can J Bot 46: 605-611
2. Garbary DJ, Gabrielson PW (1990) Taxonomy and evolution. In KM Cole, RG Sheath, eds, Biology of the Red Algae. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, pp 477-498
3. Gutkowski R, Maleszewski S (1989) Seasonal changes of the photosynthetic capacity of the Antarctic macroalga Adenocystis utricularis (Bory) Skottsberg. Polar Biol 10: 145-148
4. Jackson BJ, Bohin JP, Kennedy EP (1984) Biosynthesis of membrane-derived oligosaccharides: characterization of mdoB mutants defective in phosphoglycerol transferase 1 activity. J Bacteriol 160: 976-981
5. Jackson BJ, Kennedy EP (1983) The biosynthesis of membrane-derived oligosaccharides: a membrane-bound phosphoglycerol transferase. J Biol Chem 258: 2394-2398
6. Karsten U, Wiencke C, Kirst GO (1990) The effect of light intensity and daylength on the β-dimethylsulphoniopropionate (DMSP) content of marine green macroalgae from Antarctica. Plant Cell Environ 13: 989-993
7. Karsten U, Wiencke C, Kirst GO (1991) The effect of salinity changes upon the physiology of eulittoral green macroalgae from Antarctica and Southern Chile. J Exp Bot 42: 1533-1539
8. Kauss H (1967a) Metabolism of isofloridoside (O-a-D-galactopyranosyl-(1-1)-glycerol) and osmotic balance in the fresh water alga Ochromonas. Nature 214: 1129-1130
9. Kauss H (1967b) Isofloridosid und Osmoregulation bei Ochromonas malhamensis. Z Pflanzenphysiol 56: 453-465
10. Kauss H (1968) α-Galaktosylglyzeride und Osmoregulation in Rotalgen. Z Pflanzenphysiol 58: 428-433
11. Kauss H (1977) Biochemistry of osmotic regulation. In DH Northcote, ed, International Review of Biochemistry: Plant Biochemistry II, Vol 13. University Park Press, Baltimore, MD, pp 119-140
12. King RJ, Schramm W (1976) Photosynthetic rates of benthic marine algae in relation to light intensity and seasonal variations. Mar Biol 37: 215-222
13. Kirst GO (1980) Low mw carbohydrates and ions in Rhodophyceae: quantitative measurement of floridoside and digeneaside. Phytochemistry 19: 1107-1110
14. Kirst GO (1990) Salinity tolerance of eukaryotic marine algae. Annu Rev Plant Physiol Plant Mol Biol 41: 21-53
15. Kirst GO, Bisson MA (1979) Regulation of turgor pressure in marine algae: ions and low-weight organic compounds. Aust J Plant Physiol 6: 539-556
16. Kremer BP, Kirst GO (1981) Biosynthesis of 2-O-D-glycerol-D-galactopyranoside (floridoside) in marine Rhodophyceae. Plant Sci Lett 23: 349-357
17. Küppers U, Weidner M (1980) Seasonal variation of enzyme activities in Laminaria hyperborea. Planta 148: 220-230
18. Lindberg B (1955) Low-molecular carbohydrates in algae. XI. Investigation of Porphyra umbilicalis. Acta Chem Scand 9: 1097-1099
19. Meng J, Rosell KG, Srivastava LM (1987) Chemical characterization of floridosides from Porphyra perforata. Carbohydr Res 161: 171-180
20. Meng J, Srivastava LM (1991) Partial purification and characterization of floridoside phosphate synthase from Porphyra perforata. Phytochemistry 30: 1763-1766
21. Meng J, Srivastava LM (1993) Variations in floridoside content and floridoside phosphate synthase activity in Porphyra perforata (Rhodophyta). J Phycol 29: 82-84
22. Peat S, Rees DA (1961) Carbohydrase and sulphatase activities of Porphyra umbilicalis. Biochem J 79: 7-12
23. Raven JA, Johnston AM, MacFarlane JJ (1990) Carbon metabolism. In KM Cole, RG Sheath, eds, Biology of the Red Algae. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, pp 171-202
24. Reed RH (1985) Osmoacclimation in Bangia atropurpurea (Rhodophyta, Bangiales): the osmotic role of floridoside. Br Phycol J 20: 211-218
25. Reed RH, Collins JC, Russell G (1980) The effects of salinity upon galactosyl-glycerol content and concentration of the marine red alga Porphyra purpurea (Roth) C. Ag. J Exp Bot 31: 1539-1554
26. Reed RH, Davison IR, Chudek JA, Foster R (1985) The osmotic role of mannitol in the Phaeophyta: an appraisal. Phycologia 24: 35-47
27. Starr R, Zeikus J (1987) UTEX - the culture collection of algae at the University of Texas at Austin. J Phycol Supplement 23: 1-47
28. Tischner R, Hüttermann K (1980) Regulation of glutamine synthetase by light during nitrogen deficiency in synchronous Chlorella sorokiniana. Plant Physiol 66: 805-808
29. Wickberg B (1958) Synthesis of 1-glyceritol D-galactopyranosides. Acta Chem Scand 12: 1187-1201
30. Wiencke C (1990) Seasonality of red and green macroalgae from Antarctica - a long-term culture study under fluctuating Antarctic daylengths. Polar Biol 10: 601-607
31. Wiencke C, Lauch H A (1981) Inorganic ions and floridoside as osmotic solutes in Porphyra umbilicalis. Z Pflanzenphysiol 103: 247-258