van Rhijn P, Luyten E, Vlassak K, Vanderleyden J
F. A. Janssens Laboratory of Genetics, KU Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium.
Mol Plant Microbe Interact. 1996 Jan;9(1):74-7. doi: 10.1094/mpmi-9-0074.
Introduction of a cosmid library of megaplasmid DNA of Rhizobium sp. BR816, a broad host range Rhizobium strain, into R. etli CE3, a narrow host range bean symbiont, resulted in the isolation of a transconjugant that could effectively nodulate Leucaena leucocephala. Analysis of the corresponding cosmid, pBRF2, revealed the presence of genes required for elicting nitrogen-fixing nodules on L. leucoephala. Subcloning and Tn5 tagging identified a locus responsible for the host range extension. Sequence analysis of this locus revealed an ORF that shows significant identity with NodO of R. leguminosarum bv. viciae.
将广宿主范围的根瘤菌菌株中华根瘤菌(Rhizobium sp.)BR816的大质粒DNA的黏粒文库导入宿主范围狭窄的豆类共生体埃氏根瘤菌(R. etli)CE3,得到了一个能有效结瘤银合欢(Leucaena leucocephala)的接合子。对相应黏粒pBRF2的分析表明,其中存在诱导银合欢形成固氮根瘤所需的基因。亚克隆和Tn5标签法确定了一个负责宿主范围扩展的位点。对该位点的序列分析揭示了一个与豌豆根瘤菌(R. leguminosarum bv. viciae)的NodO具有显著同源性的开放阅读框。