Free amino acids exhibit anthozoan "host factor" activity: they induce the release of photosynthate from symbiotic dinoflagellates in vitro.
Free amino acids exhibit anthozoan "host factor" activity: they induce the release of photosynthate from symbiotic dinoflagellates in vitro.
R. Gates,O. Hoegh‐Guldberg,2 Authors,L. Muscatine
1995 · DOI: 10.1073/PNAS.92.16.7430
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 148 Citations
TLDR
Synthetic amino acid mixtures, based on the measured free amino acid pools of P. damicornis tissues, not only elicit the selective release of 14C-labeled photosynthetic products from isolated symbiotic dinoflagellates but also enhance total 14CO2 fixation.