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ArticleMicrobes and environments2019

Homocitrate Synthase Genes of Two Wide-Host-Range Bradyrhizobium Strains are Differently Required for Symbiosis Depending on Host Plants.

Shun Hashimoto, Jenjira Wongdee, Pongpan Songwattana, Teerana Greetatorn, Kohki Goto, Panlada Tittabutr, Nantakorn Boonkerd, Neung Teaumroong, Toshiki Uchiumi

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Article in Microbes and environments, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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9 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Shun HashimotoGraduate School of Science and Engineering, Kagoshima University.
Jenjira WongdeeSchool of Biotechnology, Institute of Agricultural Technology, Suranaree University of Technology.
Pongpan SongwattanaSchool of Biotechnology, Institute of Agricultural Technology, Suranaree University of Technology.
Teerana GreetatornSchool of Biotechnology, Institute of Agricultural Technology, Suranaree University of Technology.
Kohki GotoGraduate School of Science and Engineering, Kagoshima University.
Panlada TittabutrSchool of Biotechnology, Institute of Agricultural Technology, Suranaree University of Technology.
Nantakorn BoonkerdSchool of Biotechnology, Institute of Agricultural Technology, Suranaree University of Technology.
Neung TeaumroongSchool of Biotechnology, Institute of Agricultural Technology, Suranaree University of Technology.
Toshiki UchiumiGraduate School of Science and Engineering, Kagoshima University.
Biotechnology Institute · USKagoshima University · JPSuranaree University of Technology · TH

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Abstract

The nifV gene encodes homocitrate synthase, the enzyme that catalyzes the formation of homocitrate, which is essential for arranging the FeMo-cofactor in the catalytic center of nitrogenase. Some host plants, such as Lotus japonicus, supply homocitrate to their symbionts, in this case, Mesorhizobium loti, which lacks nifV. In contrast, Bradyrhizobium ORS285, a symbiont of Aeschynomene cross-inoculation (CI) groups 2 and 3, requires nifV for symbiosis with Aeschynomene species that belong to CI group 3, and some species belonging to CI group 2. However, it currently remains unclear whether rhizobial nifV is required for symbiosis with Aeschynomene species belonging to CI group 1 or with other legumes. We generated nifV-disruption (ΔnifV) mutants of two wide-host-range rhizobia, Bradyrhizobium SUTN9-2 and DOA9, to investigate whether they require nifV for symbiosis. Both ΔnifV mutant strains showed significantly less nitrogenase activity in a free-living state than the respective wild-type strains. The symbiotic phenotypes of SUTN9-2, DOA9, and their ΔnifV mutants were examined with four legumes, Aeschynomene americana, Stylosanthes hamata, Indigofera tinctoria, and Desmodium tortuosum. nifV was required for the efficient symbiosis of SUTN9-2 with A. americana (CI group 1), but not for that of DOA9. SUTN9-2 established symbiosis with all three other legumes; nifV was required for symbiosis with I. tinctoria and D. tortuosum. These results suggest that, in addition to Aeschynomene CI groups 2 and 3, CI group 1 and several other legumes require the rhizobial nifV for symbiosis.

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SymbiosisBacterial ProteinsBradyrhizobiumFabaceaeHost SpecificityMutationNitrogenaseNitrogen FixationOxo-Acid-LyasesPhylogenyRoot Nodules, PlantBacterial Proteinshomocitrate synthaseNitrogenaseOxo-Acid-LyasesBradyrhizobiumhomocitratelegumesnifVsymbiotic nitrogen fixation

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PMID31597890
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