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The calcium-stimulated lipid A 3-O deacylase from Rhizobium etli is not essential for plant nodulation.
Biochimica et biophysica acta - 1 Jul 2013
Sohlenkamp Christian, Raetz Christian R H, Ingram Brian O
Abstract excerpt
The lipid A component of lipopolysaccharide from the nitrogen-fixing plant endosymbiont, Rhizobium etli, is structurally very different from that found in most enteric bacteria. The lipid A from free-living R. etli is structurally heterogeneous and exists as a mixture of species which are either pentaacylated or tetraacylated. In contrast, the lipid A from R. etli bacteroids is reported to consist exclusively of...
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