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Extracellular glycanases of Rhizobium leguminosarum are activated on the cell surface by an exopolysaccharide-related component.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Mar 2000
Zorreguieta A, Finnie C, Downie J A
Abstract excerpt
Rhizobium leguminosarum secretes two extracellular glycanases, PlyA and PlyB, that can degrade exopolysaccharide (EPS) and carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC), which is used as a model substrate of plant cell wall cellulose polymers. When grown on agar medium, CMC degradation occurred only directly below colonies of R. leguminosarum, suggesting that the enzymes remain attached to the bacteria. Unexpectedly, when a...
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