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Ghantasala S, Roy Choudhury S. Nod factor perception: an integrative view of molecular communication during legume symbiosis. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2022; 110:485-509. [PMID: 36040570 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-022-01307-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2022] [Accepted: 07/27/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Compatible interaction between rhizobial Nod factors and host receptors enables initial recognition and signaling events during legume-rhizobia symbiosis. Molecular communication is a new paradigm of information relay, which uses chemical signals or molecules as dialogues for communication and has been witnessed in prokaryotes, plants as well as in animal kingdom. Understanding this fascinating relay of signals between plants and rhizobia during the establishment of a synergistic relationship for biological nitrogen fixation represents one of the hotspots in plant biology research. Predominantly, their interaction is initiated by flavonoids exuding from plant roots, which provokes changes in the expression profile of rhizobial genes. Compatible interactions promote the secretion of Nod factors (NFs) from rhizobia, which are recognised by cognate host receptors. Perception of NFs by host receptors initiates the symbiosis and ultimately leads to the accommodation of rhizobia within root nodules via a series of mutual exchange of signals. This review elucidates the bacterial and plant perspectives during the early stages of symbiosis, explicitly emphasizing the significance of NFs and their cognate NF receptors.
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- Swathi Ghantasala
- Department of Biology, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Tirupati, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, 517507, India
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- Department of Biology, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Tirupati, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, 517507, India.
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Daubech B, Poinsot V, Klonowska A, Capela D, Chaintreuil C, Moulin L, Marchetti M, Masson-Boivin C. noeM, a New Nodulation Gene Involved in the Biosynthesis of Nod Factors with an Open-Chain Oxidized Terminal Residue and in the Symbiosis with Mimosa pudica. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2019; 32:1635-1648. [PMID: 31617792 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-06-19-0168-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The β-rhizobium Cupriavidus taiwanensis is a nitrogen-fixing symbiont of Mimosa pudica. Nod factors produced by this species were previously found to be pentameric chitin-oligomers carrying common C18:1 or C16:0 fatty acyl chains, N-methylated and C-6 carbamoylated on the nonreducing terminal N-acetylglucosamine and sulfated on the reducing terminal residue. Here, we report that, in addition, C. taiwanensis LMG19424 produces molecules where the reducing sugar is open and oxidized. We identified a novel nodulation gene located on the symbiotic plasmid pRalta, called noeM, which is involved in this atypical Nod factor structure. noeM encodes a transmembrane protein bearing a fatty acid hydroxylase domain. This gene is expressed during symbiosis with M. pudica and requires NodD and luteolin for optimal expression. The closest noeM homologs formed a separate phylogenetic clade containing rhizobial genes only, which are located on symbiosis plasmids downstream from a nod box. Corresponding proteins, referred to as NoeM, may have specialized in symbiosis via the connection to the nodulation pathway and the spread in rhizobia. noeM was mostly found in isolates of the Mimoseae tribe, and specifically detected in all tested strains able to nodulate M. pudica. A noeM deletion mutant of C. taiwanensis was affected for the nodulation of M. pudica, confirming the role of noeM in the symbiosis with this legume.
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- Benoit Daubech
- LIPM, Université de Toulouse, INRA, CNRS, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- Université de Toulouse 3, UPS CNRS 5623, UMR, Lab IMRCP, F-31062 Toulouse, France
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- LIPM, Université de Toulouse, INRA, CNRS, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- Université Montpellier, CIRAD, INRA, IRD, Montpellier SupAgro, LSTM, Montpellier, France
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- IRD, CIRAD, Université Montpellier, IPME, Montpellier, France
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- LIPM, Université de Toulouse, INRA, CNRS, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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Gomes DF, Tullio LD, Del Cerro P, Nakatani AS, Rolla-Santos AAP, Gil-Serrano A, Megías M, Ollero FJ, Hungria M. Regulation of hsnT, nodF and nodE genes in Rhizobium tropici CIAT 899 and their roles in the synthesis of Nod factors and in the symbiosis. MICROBIOLOGY-SGM 2019; 165:990-1000. [PMID: 31184576 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.000824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Rhizobium tropici strain CIAT 899 possesses outstanding agronomic properties as it displays tolerance to environmental stresses, a broad host range and high effectiveness in fixing nitrogen with the common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.); in addition, it carries intriguing features such as five copies of the regulatory nodD gene, and the capacity to synthesize a variety of nodulation factors (NFs), even in a flavonoid-independent manner, when submitted to abiotic stresses. However, the roles of several nod genes of the repertoire of CIAT 899 remain to be determined. In this study, we obtained mutants for the hsnT, nodF and nodE genes of CIAT 899 and investigated their expression, NF structures and symbiotic properties. Either in the presence of the flavonoid apigenin, or of salt the expression of hsnT, nodF and nodE in wild-type CIAT 899 was highly up-regulated in comparison to the mutants of all five copies of nodD, indicating the roles that regulatory nodD genes play in the activation of hsnT, nodF and nodE; however, NodD1 was recognized as the main inducer. In total, 29 different NF structures were synthesized by wild-type CIAT 899 induced by apigenin, and 36 when induced by salt, being drastically reduced by mutations in hsnT, nodF and nodE, especially under osmotic stress, with specific changes related to each gene, indicating that the three genes participate in the synthesis of NFs. Mutations in hsnT, nodF and nodE affected differently symbiotic performance (nodule number and shoot dry weight), according to the host plant. Our results indicate that the expression of hsnT, nodF and nodE genes of CIAT 899 is mediated by nodD genes, and although these three genes do not belong to the main set of genes controlling nodulation, they contribute to the synthesis of NFs that will impact symbiotic performance and host specificity.
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- Embrapa Soja, C.P. 231, 86001-970 Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.,Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Dept. Bioquímica e Biotecnologia, C.P. 60001, 86051-990, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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- Departamento de Microbiología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Sevilla, Avda. Reina Mercedes, 6, 41012 Sevilla, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Química, Universidad de Sevilla, Calle Profesor García González, 8, 41012 Sevilla, Spain
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- Departamento de Microbiología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Sevilla, Avda. Reina Mercedes, 6, 41012 Sevilla, Spain
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- Departamento de Microbiología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Sevilla, Avda. Reina Mercedes, 6, 41012 Sevilla, Spain
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- Embrapa Soja, C.P. 231, 86001-970 Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.,Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Dept. Bioquímica e Biotecnologia, C.P. 60001, 86051-990, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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Muñoz-Azcarate O, González AM, Santalla M. Natural rhizobial diversity helps to reveal genes and QTLs associated with biological nitrogen fixation in common bean. AIMS Microbiol 2017; 3:435-466. [PMID: 31294170 PMCID: PMC6604995 DOI: 10.3934/microbiol.2017.3.435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2017] [Accepted: 05/25/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Common bean is one of the most important crops for human feed, and the most important legume for direct consumption by millions of people, especially in developing countries. It is a promiscuous host legume in terms of nodulation, able to associate with a broad and diverse range of rhizobia, although the competitiveness for nodulation and the nitrogen fixation capacity of most of these strains is generally low. As a result, common bean is very inefficient for symbiotic nitrogen fixation, and nitrogen has to be supplied with chemical fertilizers. In the last years, symbiotic nitrogen fixation has received increasing attention as a sustainable alternative to nitrogen fertilizers, and also as a more economic and available one in poor countries. Therefore, optimization of nitrogen fixation of bean-rhizobia symbioses and selection of efficient rhizobial strains should be a priority, which begins with the study of the natural diversity of the symbioses and the rhizobial populations associated. Natural rhizobia biodiversity that nodulates common bean may be a source of adaptive alleles acting through phenotypic plasticity. Crosses between accessions differing for nitrogen fixation may combine alleles that never meet in nature. Another way to discover adaptive genes is to use association genetics to identify loci that common bean plants use for enhanced biological nitrogen fixation and, in consequence, for marker assisted selection for genetic improvement of symbiotic nitrogen fixation. In this review, rhizobial biodiversity resources will be discussed, together with what is known about the loci that underlie such genetic variation, and the potential candidate genes that may influence the symbiosis' fitness benefits, thus achieving an optimal nitrogen fixation capacity in order to help reduce reliance on nitrogen fertilizers in common bean.
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- Olaya Muñoz-Azcarate
- Departamento de Recursos Fitogenéticos, Grupo de Biología de Agrosistemas, Misión Biológica de Galicia-CSIC. P.O. Box 28. 36080 Pontevedra, Spain
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- Departamento de Recursos Fitogenéticos, Grupo de Biología de Agrosistemas, Misión Biológica de Galicia-CSIC. P.O. Box 28. 36080 Pontevedra, Spain
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- Departamento de Recursos Fitogenéticos, Grupo de Biología de Agrosistemas, Misión Biológica de Galicia-CSIC. P.O. Box 28. 36080 Pontevedra, Spain
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New insights into Nod factor biosynthesis: Analyses of chitooligomers and lipo-chitooligomers of Rhizobium sp. IRBG74 mutants. Carbohydr Res 2016; 434:83-93. [PMID: 27623438 PMCID: PMC5080398 DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2016.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2016] [Revised: 07/30/2016] [Accepted: 08/01/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Soil-dwelling, nitrogen-fixing rhizobia signal their presence to legume hosts by secreting lipo-chitooligomers (LCOs) that are decorated with a variety of chemical substituents. It has long been assumed, but never empirically shown, that the LCO backbone is synthesized first by NodC, NodB, and NodA, followed by addition of one or more substituents by other Nod proteins. By analyzing a collection of in-frame deletion mutants of key nod genes in the bacterium Rhizobium sp. IRBG74 by mass spectrometry, we were able to shed light on the possible substitution order of LCO decorations, and we discovered that the prevailing view is probably erroneous. We found that most substituents could be transferred to a short chitin backbone prior to acylation by NodA, which is probably one of the last steps in LCO biosynthesis. The existence of substituted, short chitin oligomers offers new insights into symbiotic plant–microbe signaling. Rhizobia produce chemically substituted, short chitooligomers (COs). Deacetylation of the non-reducing GlcNAc is necessary for most substitutions. Acylation may be one of the last steps in the biosynthesis of rhizobial lipo-chitooligosaccharides (LCOs).
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Baymiev AK, Ivanova ES, Gumenko RS, Chubukova OV, Baymiev AK. Analysis of symbiotic genes of leguminous root nodule bacteria grown in the southern urals. RUSS J GENET+ 2015. [DOI: 10.1134/s1022795415110034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Gnat S, Małek W, Oleńska E, Wdowiak-Wróbel S, Kalita M, Łotocka B, Wójcik M. Phylogeny of Symbiotic Genes and the Symbiotic Properties of Rhizobia Specific to Astragalus glycyphyllos L. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0141504. [PMID: 26496493 PMCID: PMC4619719 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0141504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2015] [Accepted: 10/08/2015] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The phylogeny of symbiotic genes of Astragalus glycyphyllos L. (liquorice milkvetch) nodule isolates was studied by comparative sequence analysis of nodA, nodC, nodH and nifH loci. In all these genes phylograms, liquorice milkvetch rhizobia (closely related to bacteria of three species, i.e. Mesorhizobium amorphae, Mesorhizobium septentrionale and Mesorhizobium ciceri) formed one clearly separate cluster suggesting the horizontal transfer of symbiotic genes from a single ancestor to the bacteria being studied. The high sequence similarity of the symbiotic genes of A. glycyphyllos rhizobia (99-100% in the case of nodAC and nifH genes, and 98-99% in the case of nodH one) points to the relatively recent (in evolutionary scale) lateral transfer of these genes. In the nodACH and nifH phylograms, A. glycyphyllos nodule isolates were grouped together with the genus Mesorhizobium species in one monophyletic clade, close to M. ciceri, Mesorhizobium opportunistum and Mesorhizobium australicum symbiovar biserrulae bacteria, which correlates with the close relationship of these rhizobia host plants. Plant tests revealed the narrow host range of A. glycyphyllos rhizobia. They formed effective symbiotic interactions with their native host (A. glycyphyllos) and Amorpha fruticosa but not with 11 other fabacean species. The nodules induced on A. glycyphyllos roots were indeterminate with apical, persistent meristem, an age gradient of nodule tissues and cortical vascular bundles. To reflect the symbiosis-adaptive phenotype of rhizobia, specific for A. glycyphyllos, we propose for these bacteria the new symbiovar "glycyphyllae", based on nodA and nodC genes sequences.
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- Sebastian Gnat
- Department of Veterinary Microbiology, University of Life Sciences, 13 Akademicka st. 20–950 Lublin, Poland
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- Department of Genetics and Microbiology, University of Maria Curie-Skłodowska, 19 Akademicka st., 20–033 Lublin, Poland
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- Department of Genetics and Evolution, University of Białystok, 1J Ciołkowskiego st., 15–245 Białystok, Poland
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- Department of Genetics and Microbiology, University of Maria Curie-Skłodowska, 19 Akademicka st., 20–033 Lublin, Poland
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- Department of Genetics and Microbiology, University of Maria Curie-Skłodowska, 19 Akademicka st., 20–033 Lublin, Poland
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- Department of Botany, Warsaw University of Life Sciences—SGGW, 159 Nowoursynowska st., 02–766 Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Genetics and Microbiology, University of Maria Curie-Skłodowska, 19 Akademicka st., 20–033 Lublin, Poland
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Österman J, Mousavi SA, Koskinen P, Paulin L, Lindström K. Genomic features separating ten strains of Neorhizobium galegae with different symbiotic phenotypes. BMC Genomics 2015; 16:348. [PMID: 25933608 PMCID: PMC4417242 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-015-1576-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2015] [Accepted: 04/24/2015] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background The symbiotic phenotype of Neorhizobium galegae, with strains specifically fixing nitrogen with either Galega orientalis or G. officinalis, has made it a target in research on determinants of host specificity in nitrogen fixation. The genomic differences between representative strains of the two symbiovars are, however, relatively small. This introduced a need for a dataset representing a larger bacterial population in order to make better conclusions on characteristics typical for a subset of the species. In this study, we produced draft genomes of eight strains of N. galegae having different symbiotic phenotypes, both with regard to host specificity and nitrogen fixation efficiency. These genomes were analysed together with the previously published complete genomes of N. galegae strains HAMBI 540T and HAMBI 1141. Results The results showed that the presence of an additional rpoN sigma factor gene in the symbiosis gene region is a characteristic specific to symbiovar orientalis, required for nitrogen fixation. Also the nifQ gene was shown to be crucial for functional symbiosis in both symbiovars. Genome-wide analyses identified additional genes characteristic of strains of the same symbiovar and of strains having similar plant growth promoting properties on Galega orientalis. Many of these genes are involved in transcriptional regulation or in metabolic functions. Conclusions The results of this study confirm that the only symbiosis-related gene that is present in one symbiovar of N. galegae but not in the other is an rpoN gene. The specific function of this gene remains to be determined, however. New genes that were identified as specific for strains of one symbiovar may be involved in determining host specificity, while others are defined as potential determinant genes for differences in efficiency of nitrogen fixation. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12864-015-1576-3) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Janina Österman
- Department of Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Viikinkaari 9, 00790, Helsinki, Finland. .,Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Viikinkaari 2a, 00790, Helsinki, Finland.
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- Department of Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Viikinkaari 9, 00790, Helsinki, Finland. .,Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Viikinkaari 2a, 00790, Helsinki, Finland.
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- Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, Viikinkaari 9, 00790, Helsinki, Finland.
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- Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, Viikinkaari 9, 00790, Helsinki, Finland.
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Viikinkaari 2a, 00790, Helsinki, Finland.
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Genome sequencing of two Neorhizobium galegae strains reveals a noeT gene responsible for the unusual acetylation of the nodulation factors. BMC Genomics 2014; 15:500. [PMID: 24948393 PMCID: PMC4085339 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-15-500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2014] [Accepted: 06/12/2014] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The species Neorhizobium galegae comprises two symbiovars that induce nodules on Galega plants. Strains of both symbiovars, orientalis and officinalis, induce nodules on the same plant species, but fix nitrogen only in their own host species. The mechanism behind this strict host specificity is not yet known. In this study, genome sequences of representatives of the two symbiovars were produced, providing new material for studying properties of N. galegae, with a special interest in genomic differences that may play a role in host specificity. RESULTS The genome sequences confirmed that the two representative strains are much alike at a whole-genome level. Analysis of orthologous genes showed that N. galegae has a higher number of orthologs shared with Rhizobium than with Agrobacterium. The symbiosis plasmid of strain HAMBI 1141 was shown to transfer by conjugation under optimal conditions. In addition, both sequenced strains have an acetyltransferase gene which was shown to modify the Nod factor on the residue adjacent to the non-reducing-terminal residue. The working hypothesis that this gene is of major importance in directing host specificity of N. galegae could not, however, be confirmed. CONCLUSIONS Strains of N. galegae have many genes differentiating them from strains of Agrobacterium, Rhizobium and Sinorhizobium. However, the mechanism behind their ecological difference is not evident. Although the final determinant for the strict host specificity of N. galegae remains to be identified, the gene responsible for the species-specific acetylation of the Nod factors was identified in this study. We propose the name noeT for this gene to reflect its role in symbiosis.
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Ormeño-Orrillo E, Menna P, Almeida LGP, Ollero FJ, Nicolás MF, Pains Rodrigues E, Shigueyoshi Nakatani A, Silva Batista JS, Oliveira Chueire LM, Souza RC, Ribeiro Vasconcelos AT, Megías M, Hungria M, Martínez-Romero E. Genomic basis of broad host range and environmental adaptability of Rhizobium tropici CIAT 899 and Rhizobium sp. PRF 81 which are used in inoculants for common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). BMC Genomics 2012; 13:735. [PMID: 23270491 PMCID: PMC3557214 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-13-735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2012] [Accepted: 12/15/2012] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Rhizobium tropici CIAT 899 and Rhizobium sp. PRF 81 are α-Proteobacteria that establish nitrogen-fixing symbioses with a range of legume hosts. These strains are broadly used in commercial inoculants for application to common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) in South America and Africa. Both strains display intrinsic resistance to several abiotic stressful conditions such as low soil pH and high temperatures, which are common in tropical environments, and to several antimicrobials, including pesticides. The genetic determinants of these interesting characteristics remain largely unknown. RESULTS Genome sequencing revealed that CIAT 899 and PRF 81 share a highly-conserved symbiotic plasmid (pSym) that is present also in Rhizobium leucaenae CFN 299, a rhizobium displaying a similar host range. This pSym seems to have arisen by a co-integration event between two replicons. Remarkably, three distinct nodA genes were found in the pSym, a characteristic that may contribute to the broad host range of these rhizobia. Genes for biosynthesis and modulation of plant-hormone levels were also identified in the pSym. Analysis of genes involved in stress response showed that CIAT 899 and PRF 81 are well equipped to cope with low pH, high temperatures and also with oxidative and osmotic stresses. Interestingly, the genomes of CIAT 899 and PRF 81 had large numbers of genes encoding drug-efflux systems, which may explain their high resistance to antimicrobials. Genome analysis also revealed a wide array of traits that may allow these strains to be successful rhizosphere colonizers, including surface polysaccharides, uptake transporters and catabolic enzymes for nutrients, diverse iron-acquisition systems, cell wall-degrading enzymes, type I and IV pili, and novel T1SS and T5SS secreted adhesins. CONCLUSIONS Availability of the complete genome sequences of CIAT 899 and PRF 81 may be exploited in further efforts to understand the interaction of tropical rhizobia with common bean and other legume hosts.
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- Ernesto Ormeño-Orrillo
- Centro de Ciencias Genómicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
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- Embrapa Soja, C. P. 231, Londrina, Paraná, 86001-970, Brazil
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- Laboratório Nacional de Computação Científica (LNCC), Avenida Getúlio Vargas 333, Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratório Nacional de Computação Científica (LNCC), Avenida Getúlio Vargas 333, Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratório Nacional de Computação Científica (LNCC), Avenida Getúlio Vargas 333, Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Universidad de Sevilla, Apdo Postal 874, Sevilla, 41080, Spain
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Osterman J, Chizhevskaja EP, Andronov EE, Fewer DP, Terefework Z, Roumiantseva ML, Onichtchouk OP, Dresler-Nurmi A, Simarov BV, Dzyubenko NI, Lindström K. Galega orientalis is more diverse than Galega officinalis in Caucasus--whole-genome AFLP analysis and phylogenetics of symbiosis-related genes. Mol Ecol 2011; 20:4808-21. [PMID: 21980996 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294x.2011.05291.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Legume plants can obtain combined nitrogen for their growth in an efficient way through symbiosis with specific bacteria. The symbiosis between Rhizobium galegae and its host plant Galega is an interesting case where the plant species G. orientalis and G. officinalis form effective, nitrogen-fixing, symbioses only with the appropriate rhizobial counterpart, R. galegae bv. orientalis and R. galegae bv. officinalis, respectively. The symbiotic properties of nitrogen-fixing rhizobia are well studied, but more information is needed on the properties of the host plants. The Caucasus region in Eurasia has been identified as the gene centre (centre of origin) of G. orientalis, although both G. orientalis and G. officinalis can be found in this region. In this study, the diversity of these two Galega species in Caucasus was investigated to test the hypothesis that in this region G. orientalis is more diverse than G. officinalis. The amplified fragment length polymorphism fingerprinting performed here showed that the populations of G. orientalis and R. galegae bv. orientalis are more diverse than those of G. officinalis and R. galegae bv. officinalis, respectively. These results support the centre of origin status of Caucasus for G. orientalis at a genetic level. Analysis of the symbiosis-related plant genes NORK and Nfr5 reveals remarkable diversity within the Nfr5 sequence, although no evidence of adaptive evolution could be found.
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- J Osterman
- Department of Food and Environmental Sciences, Viikinkaari 9, Biocenter 1, PO Box 56, FI-00014 University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
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Mierzwa B, Wdowiak-Wróbel S, Kalita M, Gnat S, Małek W. Insight into the evolutionary history of symbiotic genes of Robinia pseudoacacia rhizobia deriving from Poland and Japan. Arch Microbiol 2010; 192:341-50. [DOI: 10.1007/s00203-010-0561-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2009] [Revised: 01/25/2010] [Accepted: 03/02/2010] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Functional nodFE genes are present in Sinorhizobium sp. strain MUS10, a symbiont of the tropical legume Sesbania rostrata. Appl Environ Microbiol 2008; 74:2921-3. [PMID: 18326678 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00075-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We have cloned the nodFE operon from Sinorhizobium sp. strain MUS10. MUS10 NodF shows sequence homology to acyl carrier protein and enables an S. meliloti nodF mutant to effectively nodulate alfalfa. Our results demonstrate the occurrence of nodFE in a symbiont that nodulates a legume host not belonging to the galegoid group.
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Signal molecules in the peanut–bradyrhizobia interaction. Arch Microbiol 2007; 189:345-56. [DOI: 10.1007/s00203-007-0325-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2007] [Revised: 09/12/2007] [Accepted: 11/02/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Téné Ghomsi JN, Goureau O, Treilhou M. Synthesis of 2E,4E,6E,11Z-octadecatetraenoic acid of the Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar viciae Nod factor. Tetrahedron Lett 2005. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2005.01.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Baimiev AK, Gubaidullin II, Chemeris AV, Vakhitov VA. Structures of sugar-binding peptides of Galega orientalis and G. officinalis lectins determine the choice of partner in rhizobium?Legume symbiosis. Mol Biol 2005. [DOI: 10.1007/s11008-005-0013-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Moulin L, Béna G, Boivin-Masson C, Stepkowski T. Phylogenetic analyses of symbiotic nodulation genes support vertical and lateral gene co-transfer within the Bradyrhizobium genus. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2004; 30:720-32. [PMID: 15012950 DOI: 10.1016/s1055-7903(03)00255-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2003] [Revised: 06/27/2003] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Symbiotic nitrogen fixing bacteria-known as rhizobia-harbour a set of nodulation (nod) genes that control the synthesis of modified lipo-chitooligosaccharides, called Nod factors that are required for legume nodulation. The nodA gene, which is essential for symbiosis, is responsible for the attachment of the fatty acid group to the oligosaccharide backbone. The nodZ, nolL, and noeI genes are involved in specific modifications of Nod factors common to bradyrhizobia, i.e., the transfer of a fucosyl group on the Nod factor core, fucose acetylation and fucose methylation, respectively. PCR amplification, sequencing and phylogenetic analysis of nodA gene sequences from a collection of diverse Bradyrhizobium strains revealed the monophyletic character with the possible exception of photosynthetic Bradyrhizobium, despite high sequence diversity. The distribution of the nodZ, nolL, and noeI genes in the studied strains, as assessed by gene amplification, hybridization or sequencing, was found to correlate with the nodA tree topology. Moreover, the nodA, nodZ, and noeI phylogenies were largely congruent, but did not closely follow the taxonomy of the strains shown by the housekeeping 16S rRNA and dnaK genes. Additionally, the distribution of nodZ, noeI, and nolL genes suggested that their presence may be related to the requirements of their legume hosts. These data indicated that the spread and maintenance of nodulation genes within the Bradyrhizobium genus occurred through vertical transmission, although lateral gene transfer also played a significant role.
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- Lionel Moulin
- Laboratoire des Symbioses Tropicales et Méditerranéennes, IRD-INRA-CIRAD-ENSAM, 34398 Montpellier, France
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Suominen L, Luukkainen R, Roos C, Lindström K. Activation of the nodA promoter by the nodD genes of Rhizobium galegae induced by synthetic flavonoids or Galega orientalis root exudate. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2003; 219:225-32. [PMID: 12620625 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-1097(02)01206-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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Rhizobial nodD genes produce transcriptional regulators that, together with appropriate inducer compounds, activate the other symbiotic nodulation (nod) genes and initiate the nodule formation process. Two nodD homologues, nodD1 and nodD2, are present in the Rhizobium galegae strain HAMBI 1174. In this work we analysed their ability to induce the nodA promoter with synthetic inducers known to activate nod genes in other rhizobia. According to phylogenetic analysis, the inducer-specific carboxy-terminal part of the R. galegae nodD protein sequence groups together with those of Rhizobium leguminosarum and Sinorhizobium meliloti. However, the respective inducer compounds for their NodD proteins are not highly effective with R. galegae nodD products. The best inducer discovered with R. galegae nodD1 was the root exudate of the host plant of R. galegae, Galega orientalis. HPLC analyses revealed the presence of many divergent flavonoid compounds in the G. orientalis root exudate. The most effective HPLC fractions induced R. galegae nodD1 up to the level obtained by intact G. orientalis root exudate while apigenin and luteolin, which were also present in the root exudate, were only moderate inducers. A UV-Vis diode array spectrum of the most active peak indicated that the main inducer present in the G. orientalis root exudate is an unidentified chalcone-type compound. In the Galega-R. galegae interaction the first recognition between the NodD protein and the flavonoid inducer secreted from the roots of Galega is specific for these organisms, and thus partly responsible of the strict host specificity of this symbiosis.
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- Leena Suominen
- Department of Applied Chemistry and Microbiology, Biocenter 1, University of Helsinki, 00014, Helsinki, Finland.
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Andronov EE, Terefework Z, Roumiantseva ML, Dzyubenko NI, Onichtchouk OP, Kurchak ON, Dresler-Nurmi A, Young JPW, Simarov BV, Lindström K. Symbiotic and genetic diversity of Rhizobium galegae isolates collected from the Galega orientalis gene center in the Caucasus. Appl Environ Microbiol 2003; 69:1067-74. [PMID: 12571030 PMCID: PMC143604 DOI: 10.1128/aem.69.2.1067-1074.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2002] [Accepted: 11/13/2002] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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This paper explores the relationship between the genetic diversity of rhizobia and the morphological diversity of their plant hosts. Rhizobium galegae strains were isolated from nodules of wild Galega orientalis and Galega officinalis in the Caucasus, the center of origin for G. orientalis. All 101 isolates were characterized by genomic amplified fragment length polymorphism fingerprinting and by PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) of the rRNA intergenic spacer and of five parts of the symbiotic region adjacent to nod box sequences. By all criteria, the R. galegae bv. officinalis and R. galegae bv. orientalis strains form distinct clusters. The nod box regions are highly conserved among strains belonging to each of the two biovars but differ structurally to various degrees between the biovars. The findings suggest varying evolutionary pressures in different parts of the symbiotic genome of closely related R. galegae biovars. Sixteen R. galegae bv. orientalis strains harbored copies of the same insertion sequence element; all were isolated from a particular site and belonged to a limited range of chromosomal genotypes. In all analyses, the Caucasian R. galegae bv. orientalis strains were more diverse than R. galegae bv. officinalis strains, in accordance with the gene center theory.
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- E E Andronov
- Research Institute of Agricultural Microbiology, St. Petersburg, Pushkin 196608, Russia.
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Marketon MM, Gronquist MR, Eberhard A, González JE. Characterization of the Sinorhizobium meliloti sinR/sinI locus and the production of novel N-acyl homoserine lactones. J Bacteriol 2002; 184:5686-95. [PMID: 12270827 PMCID: PMC139616 DOI: 10.1128/jb.184.20.5686-5695.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 175] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Sinorhizobium meliloti is a soil bacterium which can establish a nitrogen-fixing symbiosis with the legume Medicago sativa. Recent work has identified a pair of genes, sinR and sinI, which represent a potential quorum-sensing system and are responsible for the production of N-acyl homoserine lactones (AHLs) in two S. meliloti strains, Rm1021 and Rm41. In this work, we characterize the sinRI locus and show that these genes are responsible for the synthesis of several long-chain AHLs ranging from 12 to 18 carbons in length. Four of these, 3-oxotetradecanoyl HL, 3-oxohexadecenoyl HL, hexadecenoyl HL, and octadecanoyl HL, have novel structures. This is the first report of AHLs having acyl chains longer than 14 carbons. We show that a disruption in sinI eliminates these AHLs and that a sinR disruption results in only basal levels of the AHLs. Moreover, the same sinI and sinR mutations also lead to a decrease in the number of pink nodules during nodulation assays, as well as a slight delay in the appearance of pink nodules, indicating a role for quorum sensing in symbiosis. We also show that sinI and sinR mutants are still capable of producing several short-chain AHLs, one of which was identified as octanoyl HL. We believe that these short-chain AHLs are evidence of a second quorum-sensing system in Rm1021, which we refer to here as the mel system, for "S. meliloti."
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- Melanie M Marketon
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas 75083-0688, USA
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D'Haeze W, Holsters M. Nod factor structures, responses, and perception during initiation of nodule development. Glycobiology 2002; 12:79R-105R. [PMID: 12107077 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/12.6.79r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 199] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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The onset of nodule development, the result of rhizobia-legume symbioses, is determined by the exchange of chemical compounds between microsymbiont and leguminous host plant. Lipo-chitooligosaccharidic nodulation (Nod) factors, secreted by rhizobia, belong to these signal molecules. Nod factors consist of an acylated chitin oligomeric backbone with various substitutions at the (non)reducing-terminal and/or nonterminal residues. They induce the formation and deformation of root hairs, intra- and extracellular alkalinization, membrane potential depolarization, changes in ion fluxes, early nodulin gene expression, and formation of nodule primordia. Nod factors play a key role during nodule initiation and act at nano- to picomolar concentrations. A correct chemical structure is required for induction of a particular plant response, suggesting that Nod factor-receptor interaction(s) precede(s) a Nod factor-induced signal transduction cascade. Current data on Nod factor structures and Nod factor-induced responses are highlighted as well as recent advances in the characterization of proteins, possibly involved in recognition of Nod factors by the host plant.
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- Wim D'Haeze
- Department of Plant Systems Biology, Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology, Ghent University, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Gent, Belgium
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Geiger O, López-Lara IM. Rhizobial acyl carrier proteins and their roles in the formation of bacterial cell-surface components that are required for the development of nitrogen-fixing root nodules on legume hosts. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2002; 208:153-62. [PMID: 11959430 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2002.tb11075.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Acyl carrier protein (ACP) of Escherichia coli is a small acidic protein which functions as carrier of growing acyl chains during their biosynthesis and as donor of acyl chains during transfer to target molecules. This unique ACP of E. coli is expressed constitutively. In more complex bacteria, multiple ACPs are present, indicating a channeling of pools of multi-carbon units into different biosynthetic routes. In rhizobia, for example, besides the constitutive ACP (AcpP) involved in the biosynthesis and transfer of common fatty acids, three specialized ACPs have been reported: (1) the flavonoid-inducible nodulation protein NodF, (2) AcpXL that transfers 27-hydroxyoctacosanoic acid to a sugar backbone during lipid A biosynthesis, and (3) the RkpF protein which is required for the biosynthesis of rhizobial capsular polysaccharides. All three of those specialized rhizobial ACPs are required for the biosynthesis of cell-surface molecules that play a role in establishing the symbiotic relationship between rhizobia and their legume hosts. Surprisingly, the recently sequenced genomes from Mesorhizobium loti and Sinorhizobium meliloti suggest even more candidates for ACPs in rhizobia.
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- Otto Geiger
- Centro de Investigación sobre Fijación de Nitrógeno, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apdo. Postal 565-A, Cuernavaca, Morelos CP62210, Mexico.
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Poinsot V, Bélanger E, Laberge S, Yang GP, Antoun H, Cloutier J, Treilhou M, Dénarié J, Promé JC, Debellé F. Unusual methyl-branched alpha,beta-unsaturated acyl chain substitutions in the Nod Factors of an arctic rhizobium, Mesorhizobium sp. strain N33 (Oxytropis arctobia). J Bacteriol 2001; 183:3721-8. [PMID: 11371536 PMCID: PMC95249 DOI: 10.1128/jb.183.12.3721-3728.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Mesorhizobium sp. strain N33 (Oxytropis arctobia), a rhizobial strain isolated in arctic Canada, is able to fix nitrogen at very low temperatures in association with a few arctic legume species belonging to the genera Astragalus, Onobrychis, and Oxytropis. Using mass spectrometry and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, we have determined the structure of N33 Nod factors, which are major determinants of nodulation. They are pentameric lipochito-oligosaccharides 6-O sulfated at the reducing end and exhibit other original substitutions: 6-O acetylation of the glucosamine residue next to the nonreducing terminal glucosamine and N acylation of the nonreducing terminal glucosamine by methyl-branched acyl chains of the iso series, some of which are alpha,beta unsaturated. These unusual substitutions may contribute to the peculiar host range of N33. Analysis of N33 whole-cell fatty acids indicated that synthesis of the methyl-branched fatty acids depended on the induction of bacteria by plant flavonoids, suggesting a specific role for these fatty acids in the signaling process between the plant and the bacteria. Synthesis of the methyl-branched alpha,beta-unsaturated fatty acids required a functional nodE gene.
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- V Poinsot
- Laboratoire des Interactions Moléculaires-Réactivité Chimique et Photochimique, UPS-CNRS, 31062 Toulouse Cedex, France
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López-Lara IM, Kafetzopoulos D, Spaink HP, Thomas-Oates JE. Rhizobial NodL O-acetyl transferase and NodS N-methyl transferase functionally interfere in production of modified Nod factors. J Bacteriol 2001; 183:3408-16. [PMID: 11344149 PMCID: PMC99639 DOI: 10.1128/jb.183.11.3408-3416.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The products of the rhizobial nodulation genes are involved in the biosynthesis of lipochitin oligosaccharides (LCOs), which are host-specific signal molecules required for nodule formation. The presence of an O-acetyl group on C-6 of the nonreducing N-acetylglucosamine residue of LCOs is due to the enzymatic activity of NodL. Here we show that transfer of the nodL gene into four rhizobial species that all normally produce LCOs that are not modified on C-6 of the nonreducing terminal residue results in production of LCOs, the majority of which have an acetyl residue substituted on C-6. Surprisingly, in transconjugant strains of Mesorhizobium loti, Rhizobium etli, and Rhizobium tropici carrying nodL, such acetylation of LCOs prevents the endogenous nodS-dependent transfer of the N-methyl group that is found as a substituent of the acylated nitrogen atom. To study this interference between nodL and nodS, we have cloned the nodS gene of M. loti and used its product in in vitro experiments in combination with purified NodL protein. It has previously been shown that a chitooligosaccharide N deacetylated on the nonreducing terminus (the so-called NodBC metabolite) is the preferred substrate for NodS as well as for NodL. Here we show that the NodBC metabolite, acetylated by NodL, is not used by the NodS protein as a substrate while the NodL protein can acetylate the NodBC metabolite that has been methylated by NodS.
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- I M López-Lara
- Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences, Leiden University, Wassenaarseweg 64, 2333 AL Leiden, The Netherlands
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Suominen L, Roos C, Lortet G, Paulin L, Lindström K. Identification and Structure of the Rhizobium galegae Common Nodulation Genes: Evidence for Horizontal Gene Transfer. Mol Biol Evol 2001; 18:907-16. [PMID: 11371578 DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a003891] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Rhizobia are soil bacteria able to fix atmospheric nitrogen in symbiosis with leguminous plants. In response to a signal cascade coded by genes of both symbiotic partners, a specific plant organ, the nodule, is formed. Rhizobial nodulation (nod) genes trigger nodule formation through the synthesis of Nod factors, a family of chitolipooligosaccharides that are specifically recognized by the host plant at the first stages of the nodulation process. Here, we present the organization and sequence of the common nod genes from Rhizobium galegae, a symbiotic member of the RHIZOBIACEAE: This species has an intriguing phylogenetic position, being symbiotic among pathogenic agrobacteria, which induce tumors instead of nodules in plant shoots or roots. This apparent incongruence raises special interest in the origin of the symbiotic apparatus of R. galegae. Our analysis of DNA sequence data indicated that the organization of the common nod gene region of R. galegae was similar to that of Sinorhizobium meliloti and Rhizobium leguminosarum, with nodIJ downstream of nodABC and the regulatory nodD gene closely linked to the common nod operon. Moreover, phylogenetic analyses of the nod gene sequences showed a close relationship especially between the common nodA sequences of R. galegae, S. meliloti, and R. leguminosarum biovars viciae and trifolii. This relationship in structure and sequence contrasts with the phylogeny based on 16S rRNA, which groups R. galegae close to agrobacteria and separate from most other rhizobia. The topology of the nodA tree was similar to that of the corresponding host plant tree. Taken together, these observations indicate that lateral nod gene transfer occurred from fast-growing rhizobia toward agrobacteria, after which the symbiotic apparatus evolved under host plant constraint.
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- L Suominen
- Department of Applied Chemistry and Microbiology, Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, Biocenter 1, FIN-00014 Helsinki, Finland.
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Snoeck C, Luyten E, Poinsot V, Savagnac A, Vanderleyden J, Promé JC. Rhizobium sp. BR816 produces a complex mixture of known and novel lipochitooligosaccharide molecules. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2001; 14:678-684. [PMID: 11332733 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi.2001.14.5.678] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Rhizobial lipochitooligosaccharide (LCO) signal molecules induce various plant responses, leading to nodule development. We report here the LCO structures of the broadhost range strain Rhizobium sp. BR816. The LCOs produced are all pentamers, carrying common C18:1 or C18:0 fatty acyl chains, N-methylated and C-6 carbamoylated on the nonreducing terminal N-acetylglucosamine and sulfated on the reducing/terminal residue. A second acetyl group can be present on the penultimate N-acetylglucosamine from the nonreducing terminus. Two novel characteristics were observed: the reducing/terminal residue can be a glucosaminitol (open structure) and the degree of acetylation of this glucosaminitol or of the reducing residue can vary.
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- C Snoeck
- Centre of Microbial and Plant Genetics, Heverlee, Belgium
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Laguerre G, Nour SM, Macheret V, Sanjuan J, Drouin P, Amarger N. Classification of rhizobia based on nodC and nifH gene analysis reveals a close phylogenetic relationship among Phaseolus vulgaris symbionts. MICROBIOLOGY (READING, ENGLAND) 2001; 147:981-993. [PMID: 11283294 DOI: 10.1099/00221287-147-4-981] [Citation(s) in RCA: 388] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The nodC and nifH genes were characterized in a collection of 83 rhizobial strains which represented 23 recognized species distributed in the genera Rhizobium, Sinorhizobium, Mesorhizobium and Bradyrhizobium, as well as unclassified rhizobia from various host legumes. Conserved primers were designed from available nucleotide sequences and were able to amplify nodC and nifH fragments of about 930 bp and 780 bp, respectively, from most of the strains investigated. RFLP analysis of the PCR products resulted in a classification of these rhizobia which was in general well-correlated with their known host range and independent of their taxonomic status. The nodC and nifH fragments were sequenced for representative strains belonging to different genera and species, most of which originated from Phaselous vulgaris nodules. Phylogenetic trees were constructed and revealed close relationships among symbiotic genes of the Phaseolus symbionts, irrespective of their 16S-rDNA-based classification. The nodC and nifH phylogenies were generally similar, but cases of incongruence were detected, suggesting that genetic rearrangements have occurred in the course of evolution. The results support the view that lateral genetic transfer across rhizobial species and, in some instances, across Rhizobium and Sinorhizobium genera plays a role in diversification and in structuring the natural populations of rhizobia.
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- Gisèle Laguerre
- Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Sols, Centre de Microbiologie du Sol et de l'Environnement, INRA, 17 rue Sully, BP 86510,F-21065 Dijon Cedex, France1
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- Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Sols, Centre de Microbiologie du Sol et de l'Environnement, INRA, 17 rue Sully, BP 86510,F-21065 Dijon Cedex, France1
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- Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Sols, Centre de Microbiologie du Sol et de l'Environnement, INRA, 17 rue Sully, BP 86510,F-21065 Dijon Cedex, France1
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- Departamento de Microbiologı́a del Suelo y Sistemas Simbióticos, Estación Experimental del Zaidı́n, CSIC, Profesor Albareda 1, E-18008 Granada, Spain2
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- Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Sols, Centre de Microbiologie du Sol et de l'Environnement, INRA, 17 rue Sully, BP 86510,F-21065 Dijon Cedex, France1
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- Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Sols, Centre de Microbiologie du Sol et de l'Environnement, INRA, 17 rue Sully, BP 86510,F-21065 Dijon Cedex, France1
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López-Lara IM, Geiger O. The nodulation protein NodG shows the enzymatic activity of an 3-oxoacyl-acyl carrier protein reductase. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2001; 14:349-357. [PMID: 11277432 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi.2001.14.3.349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The acyl carrier protein NodF is required for the synthesis of unusual polyunsaturated fatty acids that confer specificity to lipochitin oligosaccharide nodulation (Nod) factors of Rhizobium leguminosarum. In this study, homogeneous NodF protein was used as a ligand to identify proteins of R. leguminosarum that specifically interact with NodF and presumably are involved in the biosynthesis or transfer of the unusual fatty acids. The N-terminal amino acid sequence of a 29-kDa protein that interacts strongly with NodF revealed high similarity to NodG of Rhizobium sp. N33 and to NodG of Sinorhizobium meliloti We cloned and sequenced the gene coding for the NodG-like protein of R. leguminosarum and found it to be the product of the constitutively expressed gene fabG. FabG is the 3-oxoacyl-acyl carrier protein reductase that catalyzes the first reduction step in each cycle of fatty acid elongation. FabG of R. leguminosarum and NodG of Rhizobium sp. N33 were expressed in Escherichia coli. In both cases, the purified protein showed 3-oxoacyl-acyl carrier protein reductase activity in vitro. Therefore, NodG has the same biochemical function as FabG, and the high degree of similarity at the protein and DNA level suggest that nodG is a duplication of the housekeeping genefabG.
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- I M López-Lara
- Centro de Investigación sobre Fijación de Nitrógeno, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Morelos, CP.
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Rhizobia are soil bacteria that can engage in a symbiosis with leguminous plants that produces nitrogen-fixing root nodules. This symbiosis is based on specific recognition of signal molecules, which are produced by both the bacterial and plant partners. In this review, recognition factors from the bacterial endosymbionts are discussed, with particular attention to secreted and cell surface glycans. Glycans that are discussed include the Nod factors, the extracellular polysaccharides, the lipopolysaccharides, the K-antigens, and the cyclic glucans. Recent advances in the understanding of the biosynthesis, secretion, and regulation of production of these glycans are reviewed, and their functions are compared with glycans produced by other bacteria, such as plant pathogens.
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- H P Spaink
- Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences, Leiden University, 2333 AL Leiden, The Netherlands.
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Cullimore JV, Ranjeva R, Bono JJ. Perception of lipo-chitooligosaccharidic Nod factors in legumes. TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2001; 6:24-30. [PMID: 11164374 DOI: 10.1016/s1360-1385(00)01810-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Lipo-chitooligosaccharides produced by rhizobia are a class of signalling molecules that mediate recognition and nodule organogenesis in the legume-rhizobia symbiosis. Their synthesis is specified by the nodulation genes of rhizobia and hence they are commonly known as Nod factors. They are amphiphilic molecules and induce a variety of responses in the roots of the legume hosts. Studies using plant and rhizobial mutants and purified molecules suggest that Nod factors are recognized by more than one receptor. In this article, we review evidence about the affinity, specificity and location of these putative receptors and describe recent studies with regard to their identification.
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- J V Cullimore
- Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire des Relations Plantes-Microorganismes, UMR INRA-CNRS 215, BP 27, 31326, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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Zhang XX, Turner SL, Guo XW, Yang HJ, Debellé F, Yang GP, Dénarié J, Young JP, Li FD. The common nodulation genes of Astragalus sinicus rhizobia are conserved despite chromosomal diversity. Appl Environ Microbiol 2000; 66:2988-95. [PMID: 10877796 PMCID: PMC92101 DOI: 10.1128/aem.66.7.2988-2995.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The nodulation genes of Mesorhizobium sp. (Astragalus sinicus) strain 7653R were cloned by functional complementation of Sinorhizobium meliloti nod mutants. The common nod genes, nodD, nodA, and nodBC, were identified by heterologous hybridization and sequence analysis. The nodA gene was found to be separated from nodBC by approximately 22 kb and was divergently transcribed. The 2. 0-kb nodDBC region was amplified by PCR from 24 rhizobial strains nodulating A. sinicus, which represented different chromosomal genotypes and geographic origins. No polymorphism was found in the size of PCR products, suggesting that the separation of nodA from nodBC is a common feature of A. sinicus rhizobia. Sequence analysis of the PCR-amplified nodA gene indicated that seven strains representing different 16S and 23S ribosomal DNA genotypes had identical nodA sequences. These data indicate that, whereas microsymbionts of A. sinicus exhibit chromosomal diversity, their nodulation genes are conserved, supporting the hypothesis of horizontal transfer of nod genes among diverse recipient bacteria.
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- X X Zhang
- Department of Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
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López-Lara IM, Geiger O. Expression and purification of four different rhizobial acyl carrier proteins. MICROBIOLOGY (READING, ENGLAND) 2000; 146 ( Pt 4):839-849. [PMID: 10784042 DOI: 10.1099/00221287-146-4-839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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In rhizobia, besides the constitutive acyl carrier protein (AcpP) involved in the biosynthesis and transfer of common fatty acids, there are at least three specialized acyl carrier proteins (ACPs): (1) the flavonoid-inducible nodulation protein NodF; (2) the RkpF protein, which is required for the biosynthesis of rhizobial capsular polysaccharides; and (3) AcpXL, which transfers 27-hydroxyoctacosanoic acid to a sugar backbone during lipid A biosynthesis. Whereas the nucleotide sequences encoding the three specialized ACPs are known, only the amino acid sequence of the AcpP of Sinorhizobium meliloti was available. In this study, using reverse genetics, the genes for the constitutive AcpPs of S. meliloti and of Rhizobium leguminosarum were cloned and sequenced. Previously, it had been shown that NodF and RkpF can be overproduced in Escherichia coli using the T7 polymerase expression system. Using the same system, the constitutive AcpPs of S. meliloti and of R. leguminosarum, together with the specialized ACP AcpXL, were overproduced and purified. All the known ACPs of rhizobia can be labelled in vivo during expression in E. coli with radioactive beta-alanine added to the growth medium due to their modification with a 4'-phosphopantetheine prosthetic group. The availability of all functionally different ACPs should help to unravel how different fatty acids are targeted towards different biosynthetic pathways in one organism.
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- Isabel M López-Lara
- Institute of Biotechnology, Technical University of Berlin, Seestrasse 13,D-13353 Berlin, Germany1
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- Institute of Biotechnology, Technical University of Berlin, Seestrasse 13,D-13353 Berlin, Germany1
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Eukaryotes often form symbioses with microorganisms. Among these, associations between plants and nitrogen-fixing bacteria are responsible for the nitrogen input into various ecological niches. Plants of many different families have evolved the capacity to develop root or stem nodules with diverse genera of soil bacteria. Of these, symbioses between legumes and rhizobia (Azorhizobium, Bradyrhizobium, Mesorhizobium, and Rhizobium) are the most important from an agricultural perspective. Nitrogen-fixing nodules arise when symbiotic rhizobia penetrate their hosts in a strictly controlled and coordinated manner. Molecular codes are exchanged between the symbionts in the rhizosphere to select compatible rhizobia from pathogens. Entry into the plant is restricted to bacteria that have the "keys" to a succession of legume "doors". Some symbionts intimately associate with many different partners (and are thus promiscuous), while others are more selective and have a narrow host range. For historical reasons, narrow host range has been more intensively investigated than promiscuity. In our view, this has given a false impression of specificity in legume-Rhizobium associations. Rather, we suggest that restricted host ranges are limited to specific niches and represent specialization of widespread and more ancestral promiscuous symbioses. Here we analyze the molecular mechanisms governing symbiotic promiscuity in rhizobia and show that it is controlled by a number of molecular keys.
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- X Perret
- Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes Supérieures, Université de Genève, 1292 Chambésy/Geneva, Switzerland
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