Sinorhizobium meliloti mutants deficient in phosphatidylserine decarboxylase accumulate phosphatidylserine and are strongly affected during symbiosis with alfalfa.

Abstract excerpt

Sinorhizobium meliloti contains phosphatidylglycerol, cardiolipin, phosphatidylcholine, and phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) as major membrane lipids. PE is formed in two steps. In the first step, phosphatidylserine synthase (Pss) condenses serine with CDP-diglyceride to form phosphatidylserine (PS), and in the second step, PS is decarboxylated by phosphatidylserine decarboxylase (Psd) to form PE. In this study we...

Topics

Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.

• Share to Carboxy-Lyases
• Share to Medicago sativa