The Sinorhizobium meliloti LpxXL and AcpXL proteins play important roles in bacteroid development within alfalfa.
Free-living Sinorhizobium meliloti lpxXL and acpXL mutants lack lipid A very-long-chain fatty acids (VLCFAs) and have reduced competitiveness in alfalfa. We demonstrate that LpxXL and AcpXL play important but distinct roles in bacteroid development and that LpxXL is essential for the modification of S. meliloti bacteroid lipid A with VLCFAs.
School of Medicine & Dentistry, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, United Kingdom.
Andreas F
AF
Haag
Silvia
S
Wehmeier
Sebastian
S
Beck
Victoria L
VL
Marlow
Vivien
V
Fletcher
Euan K
EK
James
Gail P
GP
Ferguson
D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D055786:Gene Knockout Techniques; D008050:Lipid A / Q000378:metabolism; D000455:Medicago sativa / Q000382:microbiology*; D016962:Sinorhizobium meliloti / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure
D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D005227:Fatty Acids; D008050:Lipid A