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The plant-associated bacterium Stenotrophomonas rhizophila expresses a new enzyme for the synthesis of the compatible solute glucosylglycerol.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Sept 2008
Hagemann Martin, Ribbeck-Busch Kathrin, Klähn Stephan, Hasse Dirk, Steinbruch Robert, Berg Gabriele
Abstract excerpt
The rhizobacterium Stenotrophomonas rhizophila accumulates the compatible solutes glucosylglycerol (GG) and trehalose under salt stress conditions. The complete gene for the GG synthesis enzyme was cloned and sequenced. This enzyme from S. rhizophila represented a novel fusion protein composed of a putative C-terminal GG-phosphate synthase domain and an N-terminal putative GG-phosphate phosphatase domain, which...
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