Regulation of Rhizobium meliloti exo genes in free-living cells and in planta examined by using TnphoA fusions.
AUTOR(ES)
Reuber, T L
RESUMO
The exo loci of Rhizobium meliloti are necessary for the production of an acidic exopolysaccharide, EPS I, that is needed for alfalfa nodule invasion by strain Rm1021. We have isolated and characterized alkaline phosphatase fusions made with TnphoA in several exo loci of R. meliloti and used these fusions to examine the subcellular localization of exo gene products and the regulation of exo genes in free-living cells and in planta. In the course of this work, we isolated a new exo locus, exoT. We have obtained evidence that several of the exo loci may encode membrane proteins. The activity of TnphoA fusions in several exo loci is increased two- to fivefold in the presence of the regulatory mutations exoR95 and exoS96. While examining the regulation of the exo gens by exoR95 and exoS96, we found that certain classes of exo mutations are lethal in an exoR95 or exoS96 background unless a plasmid complementing the exo mutation is present. This result has possible implications for the role of these exo loci in EPS I biosynthesis. We have developed a method for staining nodules specifically for the alkaline phosphatase activity present in the inducing bacteria and used this method to show that an exoF::TnphoA fusion is expressed mainly in the invasion zone of the nodule.
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