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RNA-seq analyses reveal insights into the function of respiratory nitrate reductase of the diazotroph Herbaspirillum seropedicae.
- Source :
- Environmental Microbiology; Aug2016, Vol. 18 Issue 8, p2677-2688, 12p
- Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- Herbaspirillum seropedicae is a nitrogen-fixing β-proteobacterium that associates with roots of gramineous plants. In silico analyses revealed that H. seropedicae genome has genes encoding a putative respiratory (NAR) and an assimilatory nitrate reductase (NAS). To date, little is known about nitrate metabolism in H. seropedicae, and, as this bacterium cannot respire nitrate, the function of NAR remains unknown. This study aimed to investigate the function of NAR in H. seropedicae and how it metabolizes nitrate in a low aerated-condition. RNA-seq transcriptional profiling in the presence of nitrate allowed us to pinpoint genes important for nitrate metabolism in H. seropedicae, including nitrate transporters and regulatory proteins. Additionally, both RNA-seq data and physiological characterization of a mutant in the catalytic subunit of NAR ( narG mutant) showed that NAR is not required for nitrate assimilation but is required for: (i) production of high levels of nitrite, (ii) production of NO and (iii) dissipation of redox power, which in turn lead to an increase in carbon consumption. In addition, wheat plants showed an increase in shoot dry weight only when inoculated with H. seropedicae wild type, but not with the narG mutant, suggesting that NAR is important to H. seropedicae-wheat interaction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- RNA sequencing
NITRATE reductase
NITROGEN-fixing bacteria
PLANT roots
PLANT genomes
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14622912
- Volume :
- 18
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Environmental Microbiology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 117509743
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.13422