title: Biological role of lectins from the nitrogen-fixing Paenibacillus polymyxa strain 1460 during bacterial-plant-root interactions.
abstract: Enzyme-lectins LI and LII from Paenibacillus polymyxa 1460, when incubated with the carbohydrate moiety of the wheat-root exocomponent fraction, showed an increase in their proteolytic activity. This increase may be associated with the presence of lectin-specific carbohydrates in the root fraction. The lectins of the nitrogen-fixing paenibacilli enhance cellulose degradation in the plant cell, thus increasing the activity of beta-glucosidase in the wheat-root cell wall.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Plants and Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences, 13 Pr. Entuziastov, Saratov 410049, Russia.
authors.forename: Lidiya V
authors.initials: LV
authors.lastname: Karpunina
authors.forename: Ulyana Yu
authors.initials: UY
authors.lastname: Mel'nikova
authors.forename: Svetlana A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Konnova
mesh_terms: D001407:Bacillus / Q000502:physiology*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D050260:Carbohydrate Metabolism; D002241:Carbohydrates / Q000032:analysis; D002482:Cellulose / Q000378:metabolism; D037102:Lectins / Q000502:physiology*; D009586:Nitrogen Fixation; D010447:Peptide Hydrolases / Q000378:metabolism; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000737:chemistry / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D014908:Triticum / Q000201:enzymology / Q000382:microbiology*; D001617:beta-Glucosidase / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D002241:Carbohydrates; D037102:Lectins; D002482:Cellulose; D001617:beta-Glucosidase; D010447:Peptide Hydrolases