Abstract
Light irradiation not only enhanced purine alkaloid (caffeine and theobromine) production by a Coffea arabica cell suspension culture, but also caused physiological changes in cell growth, and sugar and oxygen uptake rates. Both sugar and oxygen uptake rates showed maxima between 7 and 10 W/m 2 of light intensity, where the specific production rate reached the highest, although the specific cell growth rate was reduced by more than 50%. Light acts as a stress for enhanced production. The activities of enzymes related to purine alkaloid production were induced by light after a lag-time of 1 day. Light is an inducer for these enzymes. However, the de novo synthesis of purine alkaloids required at least 6 days of light irradiation. This discrepancy was cuased by the insufficient supply of purine rings, the precursors for biosynthesis of purine alkaloids.
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