The NodC protein of Azorhizobium caulinodans is an N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase.
AUTOR(ES)
Geremia, R A
RESUMO
Nod factors are signal molecules produced by Azorhizobium, Bradyrhizobium, and Rhizobium species that trigger nodule formation in leguminous host plants. The backbone of Nod factors consists of a beta-1,4-N-acetylglucosamine oligosaccharide from which the N-acetyl group at the nonreducing end is replaced by a fatty acid. The nodABC gene products are necessary for backbone biosynthesis. By incubation of cell extracts from Azorhizobium caulinodans with radioactive uridine diphosphate-N-acetylglucosamine, Nod factor precursors were identified and characterized as beta-1,4-N-acetylglucosamine oligosaccharides. By analysis of different nod gene mutants and by expression of nodC in Escherichia coli, the N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase activity was ascribed to the NodC protein. The results suggest that the first step in biosynthesis of Nod factors is the assembly of the oligosaccharide chain.
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