| Literature DB >> 20185723 |
Dong Wang1, Joel Griffitts, Colby Starker, Elena Fedorova, Erik Limpens, Sergey Ivanov, Ton Bisseling, Sharon Long.
Abstract
The nitrogen-fixing symbiosis between Sinorhizobium meliloti and its leguminous host plant Medicago truncatula occurs in a specialized root organ called the nodule. Bacteria that are released into plant cells are surrounded by a unique plant membrane compartment termed a symbiosome. We found that in the symbiosis-defective dnf1 mutant of M. truncatula, bacteroid and symbiosome development are blocked. We identified the DNF1 gene as encoding a subunit of a signal peptidase complex that is highly expressed in nodules. By analyzing data from whole-genome expression analysis, we propose that correct symbiosome development in M. truncatula requires the orderly secretion of protein constituents through coordinated up-regulation of a nodule-specific pathway exemplified by DNF1.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20185723 PMCID: PMC4824053 DOI: 10.1126/science.1184096
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN: 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728