May
2001
, Volume
14
, Number
5
Pages
678
-
684
Authors
Carla
Snoeck
,
1
Ellen
Luyten
,
1
Véréna
Poinsot
,
2
Arlette
Savagnac
,
2
Jos
Vanderleyden
,
1
and
Jean-Claude
Promé
2
Affiliations
1Centre of Microbial and Plant Genetics, Kasteelpark Arenberg 20, B-3001 Heverlee, Belgium; 2Laboratoire des Interactions Moléculaires et Réactivité Chimique et Photochimique, UMR 5623, Université Paul Sabatier, 118 Route de Narbonne, 31062 Toulouse Cedex, France
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Accepted 11 January 2001.
Abstract
Rhizobial lipochitooligosaccharide (LCO) signal molecules induce various plant responses, leading to nodule development. We report here the LCO structures of the broad-host 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-acetylglu-cosamine 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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Additional keywords:
host specificity,
Nod factors,
nodulation.
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