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Global consequences of phosphatidylcholine reduction in Bradyrhizobium japonicum

ABSTRACT: Analysis of a Bradyrhizobium japonicum pmtA mutant. PmtA catalyzes the first of three consecutive methylation reactions leading to phosphatidylcholine (PC) formation in B. japonicum. Disruption of the pmtA gene results in a significantly reduced PC content causing a defect in symbiosis with the soybean host. This study provides the first insight into global transcriptomic changes of a bacterial phosphatidylcholine biosynthesis mutant. Cells of the pmtA mutant and the wild type were grown to mid-exponential phase in full medium (PSY) under aerobic culture conditions. Keywords: genetic modification Comparative analyis of the B. japonicum pmtA mutant and the wild type grown under aerobic culture conditions.

ORGANISM(S): Bradyrhizobium japonicum

SUBMITTER: Stefan Zoller

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-11187 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress

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Global consequences of phosphatidylcholine reduction in Bradyrhizobium japonicum.

Hacker Stephanie S Gödeke Julia J Lindemann Andrea A Mesa Socorro S Pessi Gabriella G Narberhaus Franz F

Molecular genetics and genomics : MGG 20080430 1

Phosphatidylcholine (PC) is the major phospholipid in eukaryotic membranes. In contrast, it is found in only a limited number of bacteria including members of the Rhizobiales. Here, PC is required for pathogenic and symbiotic plant-microbe interactions, as shown for Agrobacterium tumefaciens and Bradyrhizobium japonicum, respectively. Two different phospholipid N-methyltransferases, PmtA and PmtX1, convert phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) to PC by three consecutive methylation reactions in B. japon ...[more]

PMID: 18446372

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Global consequences of phosphatidylcholine reduction in Bradyrhizobium japonicum

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Global consequences of phosphatidylcholine reduction in Bradyrhizobium japonicum.

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