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Functional characterization of the and genes involved in molybdenum transport Free

Abstract

A gene cluster that encodes an ABC-type, high-affinity molybdate transporter from has been isolated and characterized. and mutant strains were unable to grow aerobically or anaerobically with nitrate as nitrogen source or as respiratory substrate, respectively, and lacked nitrate reductase activity. The nitrogen-fixing ability of the mutants in symbiotic association with soybean plants grown in a Mo-deficient mineral solution was severely impaired. Addition of molybdate to the bacterial growth medium or to the plant mineral solution fully restored the wild-type phenotype. Because the amount of molybdate required for suppression of the mutant phenotype either under free-living or under symbiotic conditions was dependent on sulphate concentration, it is likely that a sulphate transporter is also involved in Mo uptake in . The promoter region of the genes has been characterized by primer extension. Reverse transcription and expression of a transcriptional fusion, P–, was detected only in a mutant grown in a medium without molybdate supplementation. These findings indicate that transcription of the genes is repressed by molybdate.

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Keyword(s): PDW, plant dry weight
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Functional characterization of the Bradyrhizobium japonicum modA and modB genes involved in molybdenum transport
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