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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
18
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-9-2
pubmed:abstractText
The production of the Sinorhizobium meliloti exopolysaccharide, succinoglycan, is required for the formation of infection threads inside root hairs, a critical step during the nodulation of alfalfa (Medicago sativa) by S. meliloti. Two bacterial mutations, exoR95::Tn5 and exoS96::Tn5, resulted in the overproduction of succinoglycan and a reduction in symbiosis. Systematic analyses of the symbiotic phenotypes of the two mutants demonstrated their reduced efficiency of root hair colonization. In addition, both the exoR95 and exoS96 mutations caused a marked reduction in the biosynthesis of flagella and consequent loss of ability of the cells to swarm and swim. Succinoglycan overproduction did not appear to be the cause of the suppression of flagellum biosynthesis. Further analysis indicated that both the exoR95 and exoS96 mutations affected the expression of the flagellum biosynthesis genes. These findings suggest that both the ExoR protein and the ExoS/ChvI two-component regulatory system are involved in the regulation of both succinoglycan and flagellum biosynthesis. These findings provide new avenues of understanding of the physiological changes S. meliloti cells go through during the early stages of symbiosis and of the signal transduction pathways that mediate such changes.
pubmed:grant
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0021-9193
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
186
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
6042-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15342573-ADP Ribose Transferases, pubmed-meshheading:15342573-Adaptation, Physiological, pubmed-meshheading:15342573-Bacterial Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15342573-Bacterial Toxins, pubmed-meshheading:15342573-Flagella, pubmed-meshheading:15342573-Flagellin, pubmed-meshheading:15342573-Gene Expression Profiling, pubmed-meshheading:15342573-Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial, pubmed-meshheading:15342573-Medicago sativa, pubmed-meshheading:15342573-Movement, pubmed-meshheading:15342573-Mutagenesis, Insertional, pubmed-meshheading:15342573-Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:15342573-Polysaccharides, Bacterial, pubmed-meshheading:15342573-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:15342573-Sinorhizobium meliloti, pubmed-meshheading:15342573-Symbiosis
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Sinorhizobium meliloti ExoR and ExoS proteins regulate both succinoglycan and flagellum production.
pubmed:affiliation
Biological Sciences Department, Lehman College, The City University of New York, 250 Bedford Park Blvd., West, Bronx, NY 10468, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't