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An operon with homology to the dppABCDF genes required to transport dipeptides in bacteria was identified in the N2-fixing symbiont, Rhizobium leguminosarum. As in other bacteria, dpp mutants were severely affected in the import of delta-aminolevulinic acid (ALA), a heme precursor. ALA uptake was antagonized by adding dipeptides, indicating that these two classes of molecule share the same transporter. Mutations in dppABCDF did not affect symbiotic N2 fixation on peas, suggesting that the ALA needed for heme synthesis is not supplied by the plant or that another uptake system functions in the bacteroids. The dppABCDF operon of R. leguminosarum resembles that in other bacteria, with a gap between dppA and dppB containing inverted repeats that may stabilize mRNA and may explain why transcription of dppA alone was higher than that of dppBCDF. The dppABCDF promoter was mapped and is most likely recognized by sigma70.

Original publication

DOI

10.1094/MPMI.2002.15.1.69

Type

Journal article

Journal

Mol Plant Microbe Interact

Publication Date

01/2002

Volume

15

Pages

69 - 74

Keywords

Aminolevulinic Acid, Antigens, Bacterial, Bacterial Proteins, Base Sequence, Biological Transport, Carrier Proteins, Dipeptides, Escherichia coli Proteins, Genes, Bacterial, Genotype, Heme, Molecular Sequence Data, Mutagenesis, Operon, Periplasmic Binding Proteins, Phylogeny, RNA, Messenger, Restriction Mapping, Rhizobium leguminosarum, Sequence Alignment, Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid, Transcription, Genetic