Deshmane N, Stacey G
Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville 37996-0845.
J Bacteriol. 1989 Jun;171(6):3324-30. doi: 10.1128/jb.171.6.3324-3330.1989.
Three loci important for soybean nodulation by Bradyrhizobium japonicum were delimited by Tn5 mutagenesis on a 5.3-kilobase EcoRI fragment adjacent to the nodABC genes. Results of hybridization studies suggested that this region is conserved in Bradyrhizobium species but absent in all Rhizobium species. lacZ translational fusions of two of the loci contained in this region were found to be inducible by host-produced flavonoid chemicals via a mechanism requiring a functional nodD gene product. A mutation in one of the loci was found to result in an alteration of the host range of B. japonicum. This mutation appears to block nodulation at the step at which plant root cortical cell division is induced.
通过Tn5诱变在与nodABC基因相邻的一个5.3千碱基的EcoRI片段上确定了对慢生根瘤菌大豆结瘤很重要的三个基因座。杂交研究结果表明,该区域在慢生根瘤菌属中是保守的,但在所有根瘤菌属物种中都不存在。发现该区域包含的两个基因座的lacZ翻译融合体可通过需要功能性nodD基因产物的机制被宿主产生的类黄酮化学物质诱导。发现其中一个基因座的突变会导致日本慢生根瘤菌宿主范围的改变。这种突变似乎在诱导植物根皮层细胞分裂的步骤中阻止结瘤。