NrcR, a new transcriptional regulator of Rhizobium tropici CIAT 899 involved in the Legume root-nodule symbiosis.

dc.contributorPABLO DEL CERRO, UNIVERSIDAD DE SEVILLA
dc.contributorAMANDA A. P. ROLLA SANTOS
dc.contributorROCÍO VALDERRAMA FERNANDEZ, UNIVERSIDAD DE SEVILLA
dc.contributorANTONIO GIL SERRANO, UNIVERSIDAD DE SEVILLA
dc.contributorRAMÓN A. BELLOGÍN, UNIVERSIDAD DE SEVILLA
dc.contributorDOUGLAS FABIANO GOMES, UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DE LONDRINA
dc.contributorFRANCISCO PÉREZ MONTAÑO, UNIVERSIDAD DE SEVILLA
dc.contributorMANUEL MEGÍAS, UNIVERSIDAD DE SEVILLA
dc.contributorMARIANGELA HUNGRIA DA CUNHA, CNPSO
dc.contributorFRANCISCO JAVIER OLLERO, UNIVERSIDAD DE SEVILLA.
dc.creatorCERRO, P. del
dc.creatorROLLA-SANTOS, A. A. P.
dc.creatorVALDERRAMA-FERNANDEZ, R.
dc.creatorGIL-SERRANO, A.
dc.creatorBELLOGÍN, R. A.
dc.creatorGOMES, D. F.
dc.creatorMONTAÑO, F. P.
dc.creatorMEGÍAS, M.
dc.creatorHUNGRIA, M.
dc.creatorJAVIER OLLERO, F.
dc.date2016-04-22T11:11:11Z
dc.date2016-04-22T11:11:11Z
dc.date2016-04-22
dc.date2016
dc.date2017-07-10T11:11:11Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:53:47Z
dc.descriptionThe establishment of nitrogen-fixing rhizobium-legume symbioses requires a highly complex cascade of events. In this molecular dialogue the bacterial NodD transcriptional regulators in conjunction with plant inducers, mostly flavonoids, are responsible for the biosynthesis and secretion of Nod factors which are key molecules for successful nodulation. Other transcriptional regulators related to the symbiotic process have been identified in rhizobial genomes, including negative regulators such as NolR. Rhizobium tropici CIAT 899 is an important symbiont of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.), and its genome encompasses intriguing features such as five copies of nodD genes, as well as other possible transcriptional regulators including the NolR protein. Here we describe and characterize a new regulatory gene located in the non-symbiotic plasmid pRtrCIAT899c, that shows homology (46% identity) with the nolR gene located in the chromosome of CIAT 899. The mutation of this gene, named nrcR (nolR-like plasmid c Regulator), enhanced motility and exopolysaccharide production in comparison to the wild-type strain. Interestingly, the number and decoration of Nod Factors produced by this mutant were higher than those detected in the wildtype strain, especially under salinity stress. The nrcR mutant showed delayed nodulation and reduced competitiveness with P. vulgaris, and reduction in nodule number and shoot dry weight in both P. vulgaris and Leucaena leucocephala. Moreover, the mutant exhibited reduced capacity to induce the nodC gene in comparison to the wild-type CIAT 899. The finding of a new nod-gene regulator located in a non-symbiotic plasmid may reveal the existence of even more complex mechanisms of regulation of nodulation genes in R. tropici CIAT 899 that may be applicable to other rhizobial species.
dc.identifierPLOS One, v. 11, n. 4, e0154029, Apr. 2016.
dc.identifier1932-6203
dc.identifierhttp://www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br/alice/handle/doc/1043848
dc.identifier10.1371/journal.pone.0154029
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/516672
dc.languageeng
dc.rightsopenAccess
dc.subjectFixação de nitrogenio
dc.subjectNitrogen fixation
dc.titleNrcR, a new transcriptional regulator of Rhizobium tropici CIAT 899 involved in the Legume root-nodule symbiosis.
dc.typeArtigo de periódico

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