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A Proteomic Network for Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation Efficiency in Bradyrhizobium elkanii.
Molecular plant-microbe interactions : MPMI - 1 Mar 2018
Cooper Bret, Campbell Kimberly B, Beard Hunter S, Garrett Wesley M, Mowery Joseph, Bauchan Gary R, Elia Patrick
Abstract excerpt
Rhizobia colonize legumes and reduce N2 to NH3 in root nodules. The current model is that symbiotic rhizobia bacteroids avoid assimilating this NH3. Instead, host legume cells form glutamine from NH3, and the nitrogen is returned to the bacteroid as dicarboxylates, peptides, and amino acids. In soybean cells surrounding bacteroids, glutamine also is converted to ureides. One problem for soybean cultivation is...
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