| Literature DB >> 16151168 |
Giseli Klassen1, Emanuel M Souza, M Geoffrey Yates, Liu Un Rigo, Roberta M Costa, Juliana Inaba, Fábio O Pedrosa.
Abstract
Nitrogenase activity in several diazotrophs is switched off by ammonium and reactivated after consumption. The signaling pathway to this system in Azospirillum brasilense is not understood. We show that ammonium-dependent switch-off through ADP-ribosylation of Fe protein was partial in a glnB mutant of A. brasilense but absent in a glnB glnZ double mutant. Triggering of inactivation by anaerobic conditions was not affected in either mutant. The results suggest that glnB is necessary for full ammonium-dependent nitrogenase switch-off in A. brasilense.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 16151168 PMCID: PMC1214662 DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.9.5637-5641.2005
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Appl Environ Microbiol ISSN: 0099-2240 Impact factor: 4.792