title: A novel highly unsaturated fatty acid moiety of lipo-oligosaccharide signals determines host specificity of Rhizobium.
abstract: In Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar viciae, the nodABC and 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 nodL genes to specific chemical features of the signal molecules. A nodE-determined, highly unsaturated fatty acid and a nodL-determined O-acetyl substituent are essential for the ability of the signals to induce nodule meristems on the host plant Vicia sativa.
authors.affiliation: Leiden University, Department of Plant Molecular Biology, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: H P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Spaink
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Sheeley
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: van Brussel
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Glushka
authors.forename: W S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: York
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tak
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Geiger
authors.forename: E P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Kennedy
authors.forename: V N
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Reinhold
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Lugtenberg
mesh_terms: D007887:Fabaceae / Q000382:microbiology; D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated / Q000737:chemistry*; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D009844:Oligosaccharides / Q000737:chemistry*; D009876:Operon; D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D012231:Rhizobium / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology*; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated; D009844:Oligosaccharides