Paper · 1952 · The Journal of General Physiology

CHANGES IN NON-PROTEIN NITROGEN METABOLISM DURING TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS BIOSYNTHESIS

Barry Commoner; Phyllis M. Dietz

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Abstract

1. Discs cut from tobacco leaf tissue infected with tobacco mosaic virus and cultured in water contain less non-protein nitrogen than comparable uninfected discs during the time at which TMV is formed. This deficiency disappears when virus formation ceases. Discs cultured in nutrient solution form about twice as much TMV as discs cultured in water. The maximum non-protein nitrogen deficiency is comparable in magnitude to the amount of virus synthesized. 2. The largest difference between injected and uninfected tissue occurs in the ammonia content. Smaller, but significant differences in amide content are found. Infected discs cultured in water show no significant differences from control discs in free amino acid content; infected discs cultured in nutrient solution develop a small deficiency in amino acid nitrogen. 3. The general patterns of change in composition of the pool of soluble nitrogen are similar in both infected and uninfected discs. 4. The data indicate that the bulk of the nitrogen incorporated into virus protein is withdrawn from the leaf's pool of soluble nitrogen; virus is formed de novo from ammonia nitrogen and non-nitrogenous carbon sources. The effect of virus infection on host nitrogen metabolism appears to be due to the formation of virus rather than to its presence.

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Infected tobacco discs cultured in water contained less non-protein nitrogen than uninfected discs.

Treatment
infected with tobacco mosaic viruse1
Interactor
tobacco mosaic virusTobacco mosaic viruse1pathogen
Outcome
non-protein nitrogene1
Direction
lesse1
Qualifier
cultured in watere1
Comparator
uninfected discse1

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Nicotiana tabacum
Nicotiana tabacum · TaxonJom / Joachim Müllerchen · CC BY 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons ↗
Tobacco mosaic virus
Tobacco mosaic virus · InteractorFrank Vincentz · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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e1

“Discs cut from tobacco leaf tissue infected with tobacco mosaic virus and cultured in water contain less non-protein nitrogen than comparable uninfected discs”

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Associationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

The non-protein nitrogen deficiency in infected tobacco discs disappears when virus formation ceases.

Treatment
virus formatione2
Outcome
deficiencye2
Direction
disappearse2

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Nicotiana tabacum
Nicotiana tabacum · TaxonJom / Joachim Müllerchen · CC BY 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e1

“Discs cut from tobacco leaf tissue infected with tobacco mosaic virus and cultured in water contain less non-protein nitrogen than comparable uninfected discs”

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e2

“This deficiency disappears when virus formation ceases”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Discs cultured in nutrient solution formed about twice as much TMV as discs cultured in water.

Treatment
nutrient solutione3
Interactor
TMVTobacco mosaic viruse3pathogen
Outcome
TMVe3
Direction
twice as muche3
Value
about twicee3
Comparator
watere3

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Nicotiana tabacum
Nicotiana tabacum · TaxonJom / Joachim Müllerchen · CC BY 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons ↗
Tobacco mosaic virus
Tobacco mosaic virus · InteractorFrank Vincentz · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“CHANGES IN NON-PROTEIN NITROGEN METABOLISM DURING TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS BIOSYNTHESIS”

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e3

“Discs cultured in nutrient solution form about twice as much TMV as discs cultured in water”

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Associationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

The maximum non-protein nitrogen deficiency is comparable in magnitude to the amount of virus synthesized.

Treatment
the amount of virus synthesizede4
Outcome
non-protein nitrogen deficiencye4

Not reportedDirection

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Nicotiana tabacum
Nicotiana tabacum · TaxonJom / Joachim Müllerchen · CC BY 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“CHANGES IN NON-PROTEIN NITROGEN METABOLISM DURING TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS BIOSYNTHESIS”

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e4

“The maximum non-protein nitrogen deficiency is comparable in magnitude to the amount of virus synthesized”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

The largest difference between infected and uninfected tobacco tissue is in ammonia content.

Treatment
injectede5
Outcome
ammonia contente5
Direction
largest differencee5
Comparator
uninfected tissuee5

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Nicotiana tabacum
Nicotiana tabacum · TaxonJom / Joachim Müllerchen · CC BY 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“CHANGES IN NON-PROTEIN NITROGEN METABOLISM DURING TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS BIOSYNTHESIS”

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e5

“The largest difference between injected and uninfected tissue occurs in the ammonia content”

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Observationobservedoriginal resultsignificant (as stated)measured

Claim · model-written summary

Smaller but significant differences in amide content were found in infected tobacco tissue.

Outcome
amide contente6
Qualifier
Smallere6

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Nicotiana tabacum
Nicotiana tabacum · TaxonJom / Joachim Müllerchen · CC BY 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“CHANGES IN NON-PROTEIN NITROGEN METABOLISM DURING TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS BIOSYNTHESIS”

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e6

“Smaller, but significant differences in amide content are found”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectnot significant (as stated)measured

Claim · model-written summary

Infected discs cultured in water showed no significant difference from control discs in free amino acid content.

Treatment
Infected discs cultured in watere7
Outcome
free amino acid contente7
Direction
no significant differencese7
Comparator
control discse7

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Nicotiana tabacum
Nicotiana tabacum · TaxonJom / Joachim Müllerchen · CC BY 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“CHANGES IN NON-PROTEIN NITROGEN METABOLISM DURING TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS BIOSYNTHESIS”

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e7

“Infected discs cultured in water show no significant differences from control discs in free amino acid content”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Infected discs cultured in nutrient solution developed a small deficiency in amino acid nitrogen.

Treatment
cultured in nutrient solutione1
Outcome
amino acid nitrogene1
Direction
deficiencye1

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Nicotiana tabacum
Nicotiana tabacum · TaxonJom / Joachim Müllerchen · CC BY 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“CHANGES IN NON-PROTEIN NITROGEN METABOLISM DURING TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS BIOSYNTHESIS”

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e1

“infected discs cultured in nutrient solution develop a small deficiency in amino acid nitrogen”

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Observationobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Patterns of change in the soluble nitrogen pool are similar in infected and uninfected tobacco discs.

Outcome
general patterns of change in composition of the pool of soluble nitrogene2
Qualifier
similar in both infected and uninfected discse2

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Nicotiana tabacum
Nicotiana tabacum · TaxonJom / Joachim Müllerchen · CC BY 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“CHANGES IN NON-PROTEIN NITROGEN METABOLISM DURING TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS BIOSYNTHESIS”

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e2

“The general patterns of change in composition of the pool of soluble nitrogen are similar in both infected and uninfected discs”

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Mechanismauthor interpretationoriginal resultbasis n/a

Claim · model-written summary

The bulk of nitrogen incorporated into virus protein is withdrawn from the leaf soluble nitrogen pool.

Outcome
the bulk of the nitrogen incorporated into virus proteine3
Qualifier
withdrawn from the leaf's pool of soluble nitrogene3

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Nicotiana tabacum
Nicotiana tabacum · TaxonJom / Joachim Müllerchen · CC BY 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“CHANGES IN NON-PROTEIN NITROGEN METABOLISM DURING TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS BIOSYNTHESIS”

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e3

“the bulk of the nitrogen incorporated into virus protein is withdrawn from the leaf's pool of soluble nitrogen”

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Mechanismauthor interpretationoriginal resultbasis n/a

Claim · model-written summary

Virus is formed de novo from ammonia nitrogen and non-nitrogenous carbon sources.

Outcome
virus is formed de novoe4
Qualifier
from ammonia nitrogen and non-nitrogenous carbon sourcese4

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Nicotiana tabacum
Nicotiana tabacum · TaxonJom / Joachim Müllerchen · CC BY 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“CHANGES IN NON-PROTEIN NITROGEN METABOLISM DURING TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS BIOSYNTHESIS”

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e4

“virus is formed de novo from ammonia nitrogen and non-nitrogenous carbon sources”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1097–1177 · show in text ↑
Mechanismauthor interpretationoriginal resultbasis n/a

Claim · model-written summary

The effect of virus infection on host nitrogen metabolism is due to virus formation rather than to its presence.

Outcome
effect of virus infection on host nitrogen metabolisme5
Qualifier
formation of virus rather than to its presencee5

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Nicotiana tabacum
Nicotiana tabacum · TaxonJom / Joachim Müllerchen · CC BY 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“CHANGES IN NON-PROTEIN NITROGEN METABOLISM DURING TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS BIOSYNTHESIS”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 0–83 · show in text ↑
e5

“The effect of virus infection on host nitrogen metabolism appears to be due to the formation of virus rather than to its presence”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1179–1308 · show in text ↑

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