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Sinorhizobium meliloti phospholipase C required for lipid remodeling during phosphorus limitation.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 5 Jan 2010
Zavaleta-Pastor Maritza, Sohlenkamp Christian, Gao Jun-Lian, Guan Ziqiang, Zaheer Rahat, Finan Turlough M, Raetz Christian R H, López-Lara Isabel M, Geiger Otto
Abstract excerpt
Rhizobia are Gram-negative soil bacteria able to establish nitrogen-fixing root nodules with their respective legume host plants. Besides phosphatidylglycerol, cardiolipin, and phosphatidylethanolamine, rhizobial membranes contain phosphatidylcholine (PC) as a major membrane lipid. Under phosphate-limiting conditions of growth, some bacteria replace their membrane phospholipids with lipids lacking phosphorus. In...
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