Article
Receptor-mediated exopolysaccharide perception controls bacterial infection.
Nature - 16 Jul 2015
Kawaharada Y, Kelly S, Nielsen M Wibroe, Hjuler C T, Gysel K, Muszyński A, Carlson R W, Thygesen M B, Sandal N, Asmussen M H, Vinther M, Andersen S U, Krusell L, Thirup S, Jensen K J, Ronson C W, Blaise M, Radutoiu S, Stougaard J
Abstract excerpt
Surface polysaccharides are important for bacterial interactions with multicellular organisms, and some are virulence factors in pathogens. In the legume-rhizobium symbiosis, bacterial exopolysaccharides (EPS) are essential for the development of infected root nodules. We have identified a gene in Lotus japonicus, Epr3, encoding a receptor-like kinase that controls this infection. We show that epr3 mutants are...
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