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A novel highly unsaturated fatty acid moiety of lipo-oligosaccharide signals determines host specificity of Rhizobium

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In Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar viciae, the nodABCand nodFEL operons are involved in the production of lipo-oligosaccharide signals which mediate host specificity. The structure of these metabolites and those produced in nod mutants links the nodE and nodi genes to specific chemical features of the signal molecules. A nodE-determined, highly unsaturated fatty acid and a nod-determined O-acetyl substituent are essential for the ability of the signals to induce nodule meristems on the host plant Vicia sativa.

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  1. Douglas M. Sheeley and Vernon N. Reinhold: Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Nutrition, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA

  2. John Glushka and William S. York: Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, 220 Riverbend Road, Athens, Georgia 30602, USA

  3. Eugene P. Kennedy: Harvard Medical School, Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA

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    Herman P. Spaink, Douglas M. Sheeley, Anton A. N. van Brussel, John Glushka , William S. York, Teun Tak, Otto Geiger, Eugene P. Kennedy, Vernon N. Reinhold & Ben J. J. Lugtenberg

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Spaink, H., Sheeley, D., van Brussel, A. et al. A novel highly unsaturated fatty acid moiety of lipo-oligosaccharide signals determines host specificity of Rhizobium. Nature 354, 125–130 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1038/354125a0

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