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exoY - succinoglycan exopolysaccharide synthesis...

Agrobacterium fabrum str. C58

Tiburtius, A. et al., Hussain, H. et al.

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Disease relevance of exoY

Expression of the exoY gene, required for exopolysaccharide synthesis in Agrobacterium, is activated by the regulatory ros gene [1].

High impact information on exoY

This mutant affected the expression of exoY but not of ros [2].
The other contains a gene termed exoY which encodes a glycosyltransferase that is involved in one of the early steps in exopolysaccharide synthesis [1].
TnphoA insertions into exoY which expressed alkaline phosphatase activity were isolated and mapped, confirming the membrane location of the exoY gene product [1].
Some of these mutations were dominant, causing merodiploids to be non-mucoid. exoY is linked to two genes, one encoding an omega-aminotransferase and the other encoding an aldehyde dehydrogenase [1].

References

Expression of the exoY gene, required for exopolysaccharide synthesis in Agrobacterium, is activated by the regulatory ros gene. Tiburtius, A., de Luca, N.G., Hussain, H., Johnston, A.W. Microbiology (Reading, Engl.) (1996) [Pubmed]
Iron-dependent transcription of the regulatory gene ros of Agrobacterium radiobacter. Hussain, H., Johnston, A.W. Mol. Plant Microbe Interact. (1997) [Pubmed]

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