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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2015

Effects of the Bradyrhizobium japonicum waaL (rfaL) Gene on Hydrophobicity, Motility, Stress Tolerance, and Symbiotic Relationship with Soybeans.

Jun-Gu Noh, Han-Eul Jeon, Jae-Seong So, Woo-Suk Chang

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Jun-Gu NohDepartment of Biological Engineering, Inha University, Incheon 402-751, Korea. dynaroo@naver.com.
Han-Eul JeonDepartment of Biological Engineering, Inha University, Incheon 402-751, Korea. haneul7760@hanmail.net.
Jae-Seong SoDepartment of Biological Engineering, Inha University, Incheon 402-751, Korea. sjaeseon@inha.ac.kr.
Woo-Suk ChangDepartment of Biology, University of Texas, Arlington, TX 76019, USA. wschang@uta.edu.
Inha University · KRJeonbuk National University · KR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We cloned and sequenced the waaL (rfaL) gene from Bradyrhizobium japonicum, which infects soybean and forms nitrogen-fixing nodules on soybean roots. waaL has been extensively studied in the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) biosynthesis of enteric bacteria, but little is known about its function in (brady)rhizobial LPS architecture. To characterize its role as O-antigen ligase in the LPS biosynthesis pathway, we constructed a waaL knock-out mutant and its complemented strain named JS015 and CS015, respectively. LPS analysis showed that an LPS structure of JS015 is deficient in O-antigen as compared to that of the wild type and complemented strain CS015, suggesting that WaaL ligates the O-antigen to lipid A-core oligosaccharide to form a complete LPS. JS015 also revealed increased cell surface hydrophobicity, but it showed decreased motility in soft agar plates. In addition to the alteration in cell surface properties, disruption of the waaL gene caused increased sensitivity of JS015 to hydrogen peroxide, osmotic pressure, and novobiocin. Specifically, plant tests revealed that JS015 failed to nodulate the host plant soybean, indicating that the rhizobial waaL gene is responsible for the establishment of a symbiotic relationship between soybean and B. japonicum.

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Adaptation, PhysiologicalGenes, BacterialHydrophobic and Hydrophilic InteractionsStress, PhysiologicalSymbiosisBacterial ProteinsBradyrhizobiumCell MembraneElectrophoresis, Polyacrylamide GelFlagellaGlycine maxLipopolysaccharidesMolecular Sequence DataMovementMutationNovobiocinBacterial ProteinsLipopolysaccharidesNovobiocinO Antigenslipopolysaccharide (LPS)O-antigen ligaserfaLsoybean symbiont Bradyrhizobium japonicumstress responsessymbiotic nitrogen fixationwaaL

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PMID26213919
PMCPMC4581169
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