SGD Paper 
Kapranov P, et al. (1999) A protein phosphatase 2C gene, LjNPP2C1, from Lotus japonicus induced during root nodule development. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 96(4):1738-43
Abstract: Symbiotic interactions between legumes and compatible strains of rhizobia result in root nodule formation. This new plant organ provides the unique physiological environment required for symbiotic nitrogen fixation by the bacterial endosymbiont and assimilation of this nitrogen by the plant partner. We have isolated two related genes (LjNPP2C1 and LjPP2C2) from the model legume Lotus japonicus that encode protein phosphatase type 2C (PP2C). Expression of the LjNPP2C1 gene was found to be enhanced specifically in L. japonicus nodules, whereas the LjPP2C2 gene was expressed at a similar level in nodules and roots. A glutathione S-transferase-LjNPP2C1 fusion protein was shown to have Mg2+- or Mn2+-dependent and okadaic acid-insensitive PP2C activity in vitro. A chimeric construct containing the full-length LjNPP2C1 cDNA, under the control of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae alcohol dehydrogenase promoter, was found to be able to complement a yeast PP2C-deficient mutant (pct1Delta). The transcript level of the LjNPP2C1 gene was found to increase significantly in mature nodules, and its highest expression level occurred after leghemoglobin (lb) gene induction, a molecular marker for late developmental events in nodule organogenesis. Expression of the LjNPP2C1 gene was found to be drastically altered in specific L. japonicus lines carrying monogenic-recessive mutations in symbiosis-related loci, suggesting that the product of the LjNPP2C1 gene may function at both early and late stages of nodule development.
| Status: Published | Type: Journal Article | PubMed ID: 9990094 |
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