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High affinity iron acquisition in Rhizobium leguminosarum requires the cycHJKL operon and the feuPQ gene products, which belong to the family of two-component transcriptional regulators.
Microbiology (Reading, England) - 1 Jan 1997
Yeoman Kay H, Delgado Maria-Jesus, Wexler Margaret, Downie J Allan, Johnston Andrew W B
Abstract excerpt
The cycHJKL operon of Rhizobium leguminosarum has previously been shown to be involved in the maturation of cytochrome c, possibly by its involvement in the covalent attachment of haem to the apoprotein. Mutations in the cycHJKL genes abolish symbiotic nitrogen fixation. Here, we show that cyc mutants are pleiotropically defective. They have lost a high affinity iron acquisition system due to their failure to...
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