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NodZ of Bradyrhizobium extends the nodulation host range of Rhizobium by adding a fucosyl residue to nodulation signals.
Molecular microbiology - 1 Jul 1996
López-Lara I M, Blok-Tip L, Quinto C, Garcia M L, Stacey G, Bloemberg G V, Lamers G E, Lugtenberg B J, Thomas-Oates J E, Spaink H P
Abstract excerpt
The nodulation genes of rhizobia are involved in the production of the lipo-chitin oligosaccharides (LCO), which are signal molecules required for nodule formation. A mutation in nodZ of Bradyrhizobium japonicum results in the synthesis of nodulation signals lacking the wild-type 2-O-methylfucose residue at the reducting-terminal N-acetylglucosamine. This phenotype is correlated with a defective nodulation of...
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