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Our previous work showed that an enoyl-ACP reductase gene fabI1 of Sinorhizobium meliloti was down-regulated in the nifA mutant nodule bacteria. To gain a better understanding of fabI1 gene, a single site insertion mutant was constructed in this study. The fabI1 mutant was retarded in cell growth, and its ability to grow on media with high concentration of NaCl was reduced. In addition, the mutant was completely defective in swarming phenotype. During symbiosis, the fabI1 mutant had delayed nodule formation on host plants. Despite the fact that FabI1 protein showed 66% identity with another enoyl-ACP reductase FabI2 in S. meliloti, defects in fabI1 were not rescued by the plasmidborne version of fabI2. This indicated the different functions of the two FabI proteins in S. meliloti.
The previous work showed that an enoyl-ACP reductase gene fabI1 of Sinorhizobium meliloti was down-regulated in the nifA mutant nodule bacteria. To gain a better understanding of fabI1 gene, a single site insertion mutant was constructed in this study. The fabI1 mutant was retarded in cell growth, and its ability to grow on media with high concentration of NaCl was reduced. FabI1 protein showed 66% identity with another enoyl-ACP reductase FabI2 in S. meliloti, defects in fabI1 were not rescued by the plasmidborne version of fabI2. This shows the different functions of the two FabI proteins in S. meliloti.