title: Molecular cloning and characterization of nodD genes from Rhizobium sp. SIN-1, a nitrogen-fixing symbiont of Sesbania and other tropical legumes.
abstract: Rhizobium sp. SIN-1, a nitrogen-fixing symbiont of Sesbania aculeata and other tropical legumes, carries two copies of nodD, both on a sym plasmid. We have isolated these two nodD genes by screening a genomic library of Rhizobium sp. SIN-1 with a nodD probe from Sinorhizobium meliloti. Nucleotide sequence and the deduced amino acid sequence analysis indicated that the nodD genes of Rhizobium sp. SIN-1 are most closely related to those of R. tropici and Azorhziobium caulinodans. Rhizobium sp. SIN-1 nodD1 complemented a S. meliloti nodD1 D2 D3 negative mutant for nodulation on alfalfa, but failed to complement a nodD1 mutant of S. fredii USDA191 for soybean nodulation. A hybrid nodD gene, containing the N-terminus of S. fredii USDA191 nodD1 and the C-terminus of Rhizobium sp. SIN-1 nodD1, complemented the nodD1 negative mutant of USDA191 for nodulation on soybean.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Microbiology and Pathology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA.
authors.forename: Debashis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rana
authors.forename: Hari B
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Krishnan
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D005816:Genetic Complementation Test; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D012231:Rhizobium / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; C060773:NodD protein, Bacteria; D011994:Recombinant Proteins