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The Bradyrhizobium japonicum proline biosynthesis gene proC is essential for symbiosis.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Dec 2000
King N D, Hojnacki D, O'Brian M R
Abstract excerpt
Plant host-derived proline is proposed to serve as an energy source for rhizobia in the rhizosphere and in symbiotic root nodules. The Bradyrhizobium japonicum proC gene was isolated, and a proC mutant strain that behaved as a strict proline auxotroph in culture was constructed. The proC strain elicited undeveloped nodules on soybeans that lacked nitrogen fixation activity and plant hemoglobin. We conclude that...
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