| Literature DB >> 2892830 |
A Bravo1, B Becerril, J Mora.
Abstract
Rhizobium phaseoli lacks glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH) and assimilates ammonium by the glutamine synthetase-glutamate synthase pathway. A strain of R. phaseoli harboring the Escherichia coli GDH structural gene (gdhA) was constructed. GDH activity was expressed in R. phaseoli in the free-living state and in symbiosis. Nodules with bacteroids that expressed GDH activity had severe impairment of nitrogen fixation. Also, R. phaseoli cells that lost GDH activity and assimilated ammonium by the glutamine synthetase-glutamate synthase pathway preferentially nodulated Phaseolus vulgaris.Entities:
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Year: 1988 PMID: 2892830 PMCID: PMC210752 DOI: 10.1128/jb.170.2.985-988.1988
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Bacteriol ISSN: 0021-9193 Impact factor: 3.490