Ursula Wieneke

TL;DR: The data show that the NodB protein of Rhizobium meliloti deacetylates the nonreducing N-acetylglucosamine residue of chitooligosaccharides, which may be a necessary requirement for attachment of the fatty acyl chain in the pathway of Nod factor synthesis.

TL;DR: The gene ENOD40 is expressed during early stages of legume nodule development and appears to act as plant growth regulators, while a homolog was isolated from tobacco, which encodes an oligopeptide of about 10 amino acids.

TL;DR: In R. meliloti, four nodulation genes determining plant host-range specificity and have been identified hsnABC and D, which determine plant-specific infection through root hairs: hsnD is required for host-specific root hair curling and nodule initiation while the hsn ABC genes control infection thread growth from the root hairs.

TL;DR: In this article, the role of NodA protein in lipooli-gosaccharide biosynthesis was elucidated, where a radiolabeled tet- rasaccharides precursor carrying an amino group as a potential attachment site for N-acylation at the nonreducing glucosamine residue was presented.

TL;DR: The observed increases in secretion of proteins with established virulence‐related functions indicate that this in vitro‐induction/proteome‐mining approach is a promising strategy for discovering new pathogenicity factors and dissecting infection mechanisms in a discrete fashion.