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Acetylation of a fucosyl residue at the reducing end of Mesorhizobium loti nod factors is not essential for nodulation of Lotus japonicus.
Plant & cell physiology - 1 Jun 2005
Shibata Satoshi, Mitsui Hisayuki, Kouchi Hiroshi
Abstract excerpt
NodMl-V(C(18:1), Me, Cb, AcFuc) is a major component of lipo-chitin oligosaccharides (LCOs), or Nod factors, produced by Mesorhizobium loti. The presence of a 4-O-acetylated fucosyl residue (AcFuc) at the reducing end has been thought to be essential for symbiotic interactions with the compatible host plant, Lotus japonicus. We generated an M. loti mutant in which the nolL gene is disrupted; nolL has been shown...
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