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NEW PHYTOLOGIST
卷 239, 期 5, 页码 1974-1988出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/nph.19097
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indeterminate nodule; legume; Medicago truncatula; nitrogen-fixing symbiosis; nodule-specific cysteine-rich peptide
By characterizing and analyzing three ineffective nitrogen-fixing Medicago truncatula mutants, we discovered that Mtsym19 and Mtsym20 mutants have defects in the same peptide NCR-new35, and the lack of NCR343 is responsible for the ineffective symbiosis of NF-FN9363. We found that the expression of NCR-new35 is significantly lower and limited to the transition zone of the nodule compared with other crucial NCRs. The fluorescent protein-tagged versions of NCR343 and NCR-new35 localized to the symbiotic compartment.
center dot In the nodules of IRLC legumes, including Medicago truncatula, nitrogen-fixing rhizobia undergo terminal differentiation resulting in elongated and endoreduplicated bacteroids specialized for nitrogen fixation. This irreversible transition of rhizobia is mediated by host produced nodule-specific cysteine-rich (NCR) peptides, of which c. 700 are encoded in the M. truncatula genome but only few of them have been proved to be essential for nitrogen fixation. center dot We carried out the characterization of the nodulation phenotype of three ineffective nitrogen-fixing M. truncatula mutants using confocal and electron microscopy, monitored the expression of defence and senescence-related marker genes, and analysed the bacteroid differentiation with flow cytometry. Genetic mapping combined with microarray- or transcriptome-based cloning was used to identify the impaired genes. center dot Mtsym19 and Mtsym20 mutants are defective in the same peptide NCR-new35 and the lack of NCR343 is responsible for the ineffective symbiosis of NF-FN9363. We found that the expression of NCR-new35 is significantly lower and limited to the transition zone of the nodule compared with other crucial NCRs. The fluorescent protein-tagged version of NCR343 and NCR-new35 localized to the symbiotic compartment. center dot Our discovery added two additional members to the group of NCR genes essential for nitrogen-fixing symbiosis in M. truncatula.
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