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The succinoglycan endoglycanase encoded by exoK is required for efficient symbiosis of Sinorhizobium meliloti 1021 with the host plants Medicago truncatula and Medicago sativa (Alfalfa).
Molecular plant-microbe interactions : MPMI - 1 Sept 2013
Mendis Hajeewaka C, Queiroux Clothilde, Brewer Tess E, Davis Olivia M, Washburn Brian K, Jones Kathryn M
Abstract excerpt
The acidic polysaccharide succinoglycan produced by the nitrogen-fixing rhizobial symbiont Sinorhizobium meliloti 1021 is required for this bacterium to invade the host plant Medicago truncatula and to efficiently invade the host plant M. sativa (alfalfa). The β-glucanase enzyme encoded by exoK has previously been demonstrated to cleave succinoglycan and participate in producing the low molecular weight form of...
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