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The Rhizobium etli metZ gene is essential for methionine biosynthesis and nodulation of Phaseolus vulgaris.
Molecular plant-microbe interactions : MPMI - 1 Jan 1999
Taté R, Riccio A, Caputo E, Iaccarino M, Patriarca E J
Abstract excerpt
A mutant strain (CTNUX23) of Rhizobium etli carrying Tn5 unable to grow with sulfate as the sole sulfur source was isolated and characterized. Sequence analysis showed that Tn5 is inserted into a metZ (O-succinylhomoserine sulfhydrylase)-homologous gene. The CTNUX23 mutant strain had a growth dependency for methionine, although cystathionine or homocysteine, but not homoserine or O-succinylhomoserine, allowed...
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