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Glutathione affects the transport activity of Rhizobium leguminosarum 3841 and is essential for efficient nodulation.
FEMS microbiology letters - 1 Apr 2017
Cheng Guojun, Karunakaran Ramakrishnan, East Alison K, Munoz-Azcarate Olaya, Poole Philip S
Abstract excerpt
As glutathione (GSH) plays an essential role in growth and symbiotic capacity of rhizobia, a glutathione synthetase (gshB) mutant of Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar viciae 3841 (Rlv3841) was characterised. It fails to efficiently utilise various compounds as a sole carbon source, including glucose, succinate, glutamine and histidine, and shows 60%-69% reduction in uptake rates of glucose, succinate and the...
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