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MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS
卷 14, 期 12, 页码 1395-1403出版社
AMER PHYTOPATHOLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.2001.14.12.1395
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pseudaminic acid
The rkp-3 region is indispensable for capsular polysaccharide (K antigen) synthesis in Sinorhizobium meliloti Rm41. Strain Rm41 produces a K antigen of strain-specific structure, designated as the K(R)5 antigen. The data in this report show that the rkp-3 gene region comprises 10 open reading frames involved in bacterial polysaccharide synthesis and export. The predicted amino acid sequences for the rkpl-Q gene products are homologous to enzymes involved in the production of specific sugar moieties, while the putative products of the rkpRST genes show a high degree of similarity to proteins required for transporting polysaccharides to the cell surface. Southern analysis experiments using gene-specific probes suggest that genes involved in the synthesis of the precursor sugars are unique in strain Rm41, whereas sequences coding for export proteins are widely distributed among Sinorhizobium species. Mutations in the rkpL-Q genes result in a modified K antigen pattern and impaired symbiotic capabilities. On this basis, we suggest that these genes are required for the production of the K(R)5 antigen that is necessary for S. meliloti Rm41 exoB (AK631)-alfalfa (Medicago saliva) symbiosis.
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