MASS-SPECTROMETRIC ANALYSIS OF CHITIN OLIGOSACCHARIDES PRODUCED BY RHIZOBIUM NODC PROTEIN IN ESCHERICHIA-COLI

E KAMST, K M G M VANDERDRIFT, Jane Elizabeth Thomas-Oates, B J J LUGTENBERG, H P SPAINK

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Abstract

A system for studying the in vivo activity of Rhizobium NodC protein in Escherichia coli has been developed, Using thin-layer chromatography, high-performance liquid chromatography, and mass spectrometry, we show that in this system R. leguminosarum by. viciae NodC protein directs the synthesis of chitinpentaose, chitintetraose, chitintriose, and two as yet unidentified modified chitin oligosaccharides.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)6282-6285
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of Bacteriology
Volume177
Issue number21
Publication statusPublished - Nov 1995

Keywords

  • BIOSYNTHESIS
  • NODULATION

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